A BLUE plaque could soon be installed next to Haworth's historic stocks.

Located on Main Street, outside of St Michaels and All Angels Church, the stocks date back to at least the 1850s.

Now a planning application has been submitted to Bradford Council by Haworth Parish Councillor David Mahon to fix a blue plaque on the wall behind the archaic punishment device.

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The plaque would inform visitors to the village that although the earliest record of punishment stocks is 1853, they are thought to date from much earlier in Haworth's history.

They were originally located by the Black Bull, and were used to "punish people for wrongdoings" - but were relocated to the current site in 1909.

A decision on the planning application is expected next month.