Residents attending a Huncoat area council meeting voted for a 1.5m fence to be erected around the village stocks to prevent vandalism.
A budget of £8,000 has been set aside for the project.
The timber planks will be sent to the Haworth Art Gallery for preservation and new ones will be installed.
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