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Latitude: 52.8225 / 52°49'21"N
Longitude: -2.5212 / 2°31'16"W
OS Eastings: 364975
OS Northings: 325124
OS Grid: SJ649251
Mapcode National: GBR 7T.V63J
Mapcode Global: WH9CH.7BP1
Plus Code: 9C4VRFFH+2G
Entry Name: The Village Pound
Listing Date: 23 July 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390983
English Heritage Legacy ID: 491714
ID on this website: 101390983
Location: Ollerton, Shropshire, TF9
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Stoke upon Tern
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Stoke-upon-Tern St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Animal pound
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STOKE UPON TERN
OLLERTON
The Village Pound
23-JUL-04
II
Village Cattle Pound. Late C18 or early C19. Coursed, squared sandstone blocks. Rectangular enclosure with walls of c.5 feet and a gateway to the centre of one side. The blocks of stone are large and this implies that a greater degree of permanence was required from the enclosure than from the rubble stone walling which flanks it. The gate is missing.
The pound was designed to hold cattle which had strayed from common land or onto neighbouring farmland until their owners came to claim them. Pounds were generally owned by the parish and a fine was usually charged to the owner upon retrieval of their animals.
This pound, near the centre of Ollerton is a good example of this relatively rare type of village building.
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