Broughton Lock-up - Causeway Road, Broughton, Cambridgeshire, UK - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

The prison has a plaque which reads as follows:

'BROUGHTON LOCK-UP
The Lock-Up (or Round House) was probably built around 1840 and is one of only four remaining in the county. Over the years the green has been used for many village events. It was at the time of the St Ives fair, when an unusual incident occurred during one of the 'feasts' held between the wars. Stalls and roundabouts had been set out around the lockup and the celebrations were well under way when a man arrived on horseback and starting smashing up all the stalls. Mr Edward Milling, parish constable, arrested him and he was put in the lock-up until the police arrived - this was the last time it was used for restraining a felon.

The Pound was an area enclosed on the same green where all stray animals were kept until they were claimed by the owners who were charged a fee. The earliest reference to this enclosure comes in 1818 when the lock-up was repaired at a cost of £2.2s.6d. The Broughton Pinder was the man who impounded these animals, and was, according to an newspaper article, "a delightful pinder who always seems so sorry if he is obliged 'run-in' your straying horse. He does not demand his bond, which is perhaps 6d a head on all stray cattle, but is willing to accept a liquid composition for his pains!"

Source: 'The Village of Broughton by Sue Gillard'

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Address: Causeway Road Broughton Huntingdon, England PE28 3AR Open to the public: No Hours: does not 'open' its doors. Can view from outside, close up Fees?: Not listed Web link: Not listed

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