Crantock, The Stocks 1912
Photo ref: 64822
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Photo ref: 64822
Photo of Crantock, The Stocks 1912

More about this scene

The shelter over the ancient wooden stocks in the churchyard appears to be newly erected in this photograph. William Tinney was the last man to be put in them, after robbing a Cubert widow in about 1817. He escaped, and used the tenor bell rope to make his escape from the church tower in which the stocks were secured. He went off to sea, and never returned.

A Selection of Memories from Crantock

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Crantock

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My parents moved from Pentire to Crantock when I was about 3 and Crantock is certainly ingrained in my memory as being my first home. My mother had taken a position as housekeeper to a Dr Nicholas and with it came Rose Cottage. My father worked as a gardener, this was before he took a job with the Western National busses as a conductor. I have memories of him coming home in his gardening clothes, I used to run and meet ...see more