Picture No | 10168876 |
Date | 1814 |
Description | Riding the Stang 1814 |
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A 'herald' carried aloft the 'stang' makes 'rough music' & alerts the neighbourhood to a husband-beater. Natural justice aiming to get wrong- doers to mend their ways.
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Source | Engraved by E Kaufmann from a drawing by George Walker "The Costumes of Yorkshire", 1814 (2nd edition 1885) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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