Plague
The Broad Stone
Coins left in vinegar.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Hollowed stone on a plinth
- Legend from
- Retford
- Tone
- Sombre
Coins in the plague stone.
The Broad Stone now stands outside Retford Town Hall. Tradition says that during the plague of 1665 it marked a boundary. People left money in its hollow in exchange for food, to avoid infection. Brown says it once stood south-east of the town, and markets were held around it in plague time.