Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c./Part 4/Kirkham Ducking Stool

3253702Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c. — Kirkham Ducking Stool1873

KIRKHAM DUCKING-STOOL.

The ancient borough of Kirkham, in Amounderness, formerly possessed a bridle, or brank, for scolds, as well as a ducking-stool. A pool near the old workhouse long bore the name of the Cuckstool Pit, but it is now filled up.