{"id":2309,"date":"2025-07-08T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.local\/?page_id=2309"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:22:16","slug":"pinfold-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=2309","title":{"rendered":"Pinfold"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2309\" class=\"elementor elementor-2309\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be2af8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8be2af8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd20db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bd20db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pinfold<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af6d462 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3af6d462\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274ab3f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"274ab3f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f889fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f889fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button onclick=\"goBack()\">Go Back<\/button>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\nfunction goBack() {\r\n  window.history.back();\r\n}\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c86ed6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13c86ed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97983a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97983a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pinfold-1024x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pinfold-1024x420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pinfold-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pinfold-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pinfold.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Map of Pinfold Lane when it was widened in 1870 showing the pinfold and the engine room behind it.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2071f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2071f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stapleford\u2019s pinfold, used historically for the impounding of stray animals, was an unremarkable structure, especially when compared with the more substantial and better-remembered example in the neighbouring village of Sandiacre. Despite remaining in existence until at least 1924, no photographs of it are known to survive.<\/p><p>The precise location of the pinfold has long been a matter of uncertainty. It was generally assumed to have stood on the site later occupied by the car park of the Nags Head and Plough, enclosed by a substantial stone wall backing onto Pinfold Lane. However, this assumption is at odds with frequent contemporary references to the pinfold\u2019s dilapidated condition, which suggest a less robust structure.<\/p><p>The enclosure award map does not depict the pinfold directly, but its approximate location can be deduced from a description in the award itself. One parcel of land\u2014No. 19\u2014allocated to Isaac Burton, is described as being bounded on one side by the pinfold.<\/p><p>The copy of the enclosure award held by Nottinghamshire Archives is not the original, but a transcript prepared in 1844 for John Palmer, who was then the parish\u2019s Junior Surveyor of Highways. Inserted into the back of this bound volume is an unrelated document, likely placed there by Palmer himself, recording a conveyance of land made in February 1870 when Pinfold Lane was widened. At that time, Palmer was serving as parish waywarden. Accompanying this conveyance is a detailed plan showing the pinfold located in front of the parish engine house. The plan includes precise measurements, allowing the distance from the pinfold to Church Street to be calculated as 539 feet. This corresponds with the present-day location near the fire station; the pinfold would have stood opposite the building now housing the fire appliance.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238e8aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"238e8aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pi4-1024x599.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2296\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pi4-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pi4-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pi4-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pi4.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">View of Pinfold Lane in 2022. The pinfold stood just behind the white car on the site now occupied by a shrubbery.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6fe58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f6fe58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Historical Background<\/h3>\nThe earliest known reference to the pinfold appears in the Constable\u2019s Accounts for 1651, which record a payment of two shillings to George Jackson for timber to repair the structure, one shilling and fourpence to the workmen engaged in the repairs, and incidental expenses of fourpence for \u201cdrinke\u201d and twopence for nails.<a id=\"r1\" href=\"#1\">[1]<\/a> Minor maintenance costs recur in subsequent years, although in 1665 a major refurbishment was undertaken, funded by a local levy.<a id=\"r2\" href=\"#2\">[2]<\/a>\n\nWhen the Parish Council assumed the secular responsibilities of the vestry in 1894, one of its first actions was to take charge of parish property, including the pinfold.<a id=\"r3\" href=\"#3\">[3]<\/a> In 1896 the Shardlow Rural District Council proposed building on the site, intending to erect a storage room for the street water van and a meeting place for the Parochial Committee.<a id=\"r4\" href=\"#4\">[4]<\/a> A protracted dispute over ownership ensued. The Parish Council claimed the land was theirs, a position endorsed by the Local Government Board. Refusing to relinquish its claim, the Council effectively blocked the project, which was abandoned in October 1897.<a id=\"r5\" href=\"#5\">[5]<\/a>\n\nIn January 1899 the Parish Council attempted to sell the site to the owner of an adjoining property, again seeking guidance from the Local Government Board. A joint meeting of the Parish Council and the Rural District Council concluded that the legal costs involved in proving title would outweigh any proceeds from the sale. It was resolved that the matter be left in abeyance.<a id=\"r6\" href=\"#6\">[6]<\/a>\n\nIn 1909 the Parish Council drew attention to the dangerous condition of the wall or fence surrounding the pinfold.<a id=\"r7\" href=\"#7\">[7]<\/a> Later that year, a proposal to use the site for a public urinal was rejected.<a id=\"r8\" href=\"#8\">[8]<\/a> No further developments occurred for thirteen years, until June 1922, when the Rural District Council discussed the pinfold and a right of way across part of the site. The matter was referred to the Chairman and Surveyor for further investigation.<a id=\"r9\" href=\"#9\">[9]<\/a>\n\nIn January 1924 the Surveyor was instructed to purchase corrugated iron sheets to roof the pinfold.<a id=\"r10\" href=\"#10\">[10]<\/a> This prompted a complaint from Mr W. Naylor of Pinfold Lane, who requested that the Council vacate the site and cease using it to deposit road materials. The Council responded that they had used the site without restriction for the previous twenty years and asked Naylor to remove a fence he had erected across it.<a id=\"r11\" href=\"#11\">[11]<\/a> In April of the same year, the Lord of the Manor, Major Holden, intervened, asserting that the pinfold was part of his estate and had been used by the Council without permission from himself or his trustees.<a id=\"r12\" href=\"#12\">[12]<\/a> No further reference to the pinfold appears after this date, and it may be assumed that the site was quietly incorporated into the land later sold for the construction of the Carr Fastener factory, and subsequently redeveloped as the Aldi supermarket.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b378141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b378141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class = \"footnote\">\n<h2>Footnotes<\/h2><p>Click to return to main text<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"1\"><a href=\"#r1\"> Constables Accounts 1651<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"2\"><a href=\"#r2\"> Constables Accounts 1665<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"3\"><a href=\"#r3\"> Stapleford Parish Council Minutes 1894-1897 27<sup>th<\/sup> March 1895<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"4\"><a href=\"#r4\"> Stapleford RDC Minutes 1895-1899 p.70<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"5\"><a href=\"#r5\"> Ibid p.125<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"6\"><a href=\"#r6\"> Stapleford RDC Minutes 1899-1902 p.115<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"7\"><a href=\"#r7\"> Stapleford Parish Council Minutes 1907-1910 p.100<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"8\"><a href=\"#r8\"> Stapleford RDC Minutes 1907-1909 p.210<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"9\"><a href=\"#r9\"><em>Stapleford &amp; Sandiacre News<\/em>, 24 June 1922,<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"10\"><a href=\"#r10\">Stapleford RDC Minutes 1923-1925 p.100<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"11\"><a href=\"#r11\">Ibid p.124<\/a><\/li>\n <li id=\"12\"><a href=\"#r12\">Stapleford RDC Minutes 1923-1925 p.135<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a020ad6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a020ad6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinfold Go Back Map of Pinfold Lane when it was widened in 1870 showing the pinfold and the engine room behind it. Stapleford\u2019s pinfold, used historically for the impounding of stray animals, was an unremarkable structure, especially when compared with the more substantial and better-remembered example in the neighbouring village of Sandiacre. 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