Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15, Datchworth Green is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Whipping post.

Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15, Datchworth Green

WRENN ID: narrow-ledge-plover
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Hertfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 June 1986
Type: Whipping post
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 21 NE 3/30

DATCHWORTH DATCHWORTH GREEN Whipping post about 20m north of No. 15

GV II

Former whipping post. C17. A timber post about 2m high set in a concrete base with a pyramidal metal cap. Attached to one side are rough iron handcuffs, M-shaped. An attached plaque reads 'This whipping post was last known to be used on July 27, 1665 when two vagabonds were publicly flogged here'. Circular railed enclosure. (RCHM 1910). No. 15 is not listable.

Listing NGR: TL2687318253

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