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Greatgate Whipping Post is a Grade II listed structure located in Staffordshire, England, and represents a surviving example of a penal apparatus used for the administration of corporal punishment. The post dates from the eighteenth century and would have served as a public instrument of justice within the local community, reflecting contemporary attitudes towards crime and social order. As a standing monument to judicial practices of the Georgian period, it survives as physical evidence of the social and legal systems that governed English provincial life during this era.
Greatgate Whipping Post is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006092. View the official record →
Greatgate Whipping Post is a Grade II listed structure located in Staffordshire, England, and represents a surviving example of a penal apparatus used for the administration of corporal punishment. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006092.
Greatgate Whipping Post is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006092.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croxden Abbey (1 km), Bowl barrow 80m north-west of Oldwood (2.1 km), Round House (2.6 km).
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