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St Mary's Church
Tour
Scold's bridle
Information:
Irene Sandells
Last changed:
6 Nov 2003
You are at point 5.
To the right of the Shannon Memorial is a box containing a reproduction of a Scold's Bridle. The original, stolen in 1965, was dated 1633 and came to the Parish in 1723 from Chester, inscribed 'Chester presents Walton with a bridle to curb women's tongues which talk too idle'.