In front of Manningford Croft Estate Agents, this was once part of the town watermill – which had been here for a thousand years! The annual Carnival Ducking- Stool was held here. There was a fairly large wire-meshed enclosure, where the public paid to hurl wooden balls at the target – a painted face with central trigger- button. If they were on target, the latch was slipped on the pivoted plank at the back. At the other end of the plank was the victim- sitting waiting to be dropped into the tank of water beneath!
As you can see the same space now plays host to out River Scene each year.
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Pewsey Heritage Centre
You can find out more about our wonderful village & surrounding area from the Pewsey Heritage centre. Thanks to the centre & Richard Giles for supplying the information for our history points.