What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Ran Tan Danny Fitton lived here and in April 1918, accused of wife beating, he was "ran tanned" round the village to Thackbush Lane where his effigy was burnt - the last of the Lincolnshire ran tans
Danny Fitton was involved in one of the last recorded "ran tan" events in Lincolnshire in 1918, where he was paraded through the village and an effigy of him was burned due to accusations of wife beating, highlighting a historical form of community punishment.
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Photo: Jo Turner on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0