
What is recorded here
This commemorative plaque records: Stockport Dungeon and Court Leet. Before 1824 the town's justice was administered from this building. Prisoners were held in the cells accessed from inside and from Mealhouse Brow. Recorded plaque organisation: Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Northern Counties Housing Association.
The Stockport Dungeon and Court Leet served as the center for local justice administration before 1824, housing prisoners in its cells and reflecting the town's legal practices of the era.
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Photo: Gerald England on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0