It is amazing the affection that the small villages of Staffordshire have for their heritage.
This little 'lock-up' (temporary gaol) at Gnosall is a good example. It's not very old (1820s), and was originally sited elsewhere in the village, but was in the way of a road building programme. So the village's Women's Institute raised funds to move it - brick by brick - to this new site not far from the church.
Now, I hope I appreciate heritage, but I think I would have just let it go. Not the villagers of Gnosall though! I guess they appreciated the sense of the past it gave them.
I don't know... I can see the appeal of the place!
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