Description:Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, the other two can be found in Stafford and at Alton.
Gnosall lock-up was re-erected by the side of the A518 when plans to widen the road went ahead after a lorry drove into the building in the mid-1960s. Funds to move the building were raised by the Women's Institute. This photograph was taken prior to the move.
Postcard published by M. Hall, Gnosall, Postmarked 24 March 1919.