An entry in the Quarter Session Minute Book (vol.1, p.120) of 5th April 1629 reads:
“That William Barnes, off Stortford, ‘’plomer,’’ has newly erected a butcher’s stall and a fish-stall in North Street there so near to the Cage that the constables and other officers of the peace are unable to imprison and punish the vagabonds, vagrants and other evil-doers within the said cage to the great hindrance of the said officers and all other the people passing along with their carts and carriages .”
The lock-up, along with a Court House, was later moved to a building next to the Cock Inn, at Hockrill. Further information at stortfordhistory.co.uk
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