Norrisson Scatcherd, in his "History of Morley," and William Smith, in his "Morley Ancient and Modern," give interesting details of the ducking-stool at Morley. Not far distant from Morley is Calverley, and in the Constable's accounts of the village it is stated: 1728. Paid Jeremy Booth for powl for ducking-stool 2s. Mr. Joseph Wilkinson, the historian of Worsborough, near Barnsley, mentions two ducking-ponds in the township--one in the village of Worsborough, another near to the Birdwell toll-bar; and, judging from the frequency with which ducking-stools were repaired by the township, it would seem they were often brought into requisition. The following extracts are drawn from the parish accounts: 1703. For mending ye cuck-stool L0 0 6 1721. Ducking-stool mending 0 1 8 1725. For mending and hanging ye cuck-stool 0 1 0 1730. Pd. Thos. Moorhouse for mending ye stocks and cuck-stool 0 1 0 " Pd. Jno. South for 2 staples for ye cucking-stool 0 0 4 1731. Thos. Moorhouse for mending ye ducking-stool 0 1 0 1734-5. To ye ducking-stool mending 0 0 6 1736. For mending ye ducking-stool 0 10 0 1737. John Ellot, for ye ducking-stool and sheep-fold door 0 14 6 Mr. W. H. Dawson, the historian of Skipton, has devoted considerable attention to the old-time punishments of the town, and the first reference he was able to discover amongst the old accounts of the township is the following: 1734. October 2nd. To Wm. Bell, for ducking-stool making and wood 8s. 6d. "This must," says Mr. Dawson, "surely mean that the chair was changed, for the amount is too small for the entire apparatus. In this case a ducking-stool must have existed before 1734, which is very likely." In the same Skipton township account-book is an entry as follows: 1743. October. Ben Smith for ducking-stool 4s. 6d. Twenty-five years later we find a payment as follows: 1768. October 17th. Paid John Brown for new ducking-stool L1 0s. 11-1/2d.