Front:
THE "SCOLD'S OR
THE GOSSIP'S BRIDLE
IN
WALTON CHURCH
Chester presents
Walton' with
ANAL DE
tha Bridle,
To curb women's tongues that talk too idle"
WALTON CHURCH
No 34580
66
BRIDLE
COPYRIGHT
Back:
Copyright Edmund Jordan, Walton-on-Thames
The Bridle now preserved in the Vestry of the
Church as above was presented to Walton about
200 years ago, by a person named Chester who lost
a valuable Estate in the neighbourhood through the
instrumentality of a gossiping Woman. The,, Bridle
Bit" is a flat piece of steel about two inches long
which goes into the mouth, keeping the tongue down
by pressure. (See sketch in corner of card.).
1/2 d.
I d.
