Monument record MCC322 - Ducking stool at Bourne Ponds, Bourne Road, Colchester

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Medieval, documentary record for a ducking stool at Bourne Ponds in 1285/6.

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Grid reference TM 00548 23812 (point)
Map sheet TM02SW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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In 1285 or 1286 the Burgesses (of Colchester) complained that the Abbot of St John's Abbey had established gallows and a ducking stool in Greenstead, in West Donyland and at Bourne ponds. <1><2>

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  • <1> Monograph: Cooper, Janet (Ed). 1994. Vol. IX, The Borough of Colchester, A History of the County of Essex. Volume IX. p50.

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Jan 31 2017 9:19AM

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