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The stockport brank, or scold's bridle

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Title
The stockport brank, or scold's bridle
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1877
Topics
Bridles
Punishment & torture
Punishment & torture -- England -- Stockport
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed text in part: "The special characteristic, however, of the Stockport brank is the peculiar construction of the tongue-plate or gag. It is about two inches long, having at the end, as may be seen in the engraving, a bulb, into which is inserted a number of sharp iron pins, three on the upper surface, three on the lower, and two pinting bachwards. These could not fail to fix the tongue, and effectually silence the noisiest brawler. At the fore part of the collar there is an iron chain with a leathern thong attached, by which the offender was led for public gaze through the market-place …"
Source note: Stockport : ancient and modern. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle Rivington, 1877) Heiginbotham, Henry, Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17696948
Barcode: 33333159444146
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ecb524d0-c561-012f-d9af-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1877: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "The stockport brank, or scold's bridle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1877. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1ca6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "The stockport brank, or scold's bridle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1ca6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1877). The stockport brank, or scold's bridle Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1ca6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The stockport brank, or scold's bridle