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Dist:0.6km east<br/>Adjacent to Wigmore Abbey (see [[700446]]). The farm attached to this building was a noted centre for the breeding of Herefordshire cattle in the 18th Century.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Built as a Chapel of Ease to Leintwardine parish in 1875. A simple, small church with a wagon roof. The church is next to the A1110.
©Tony Bailey
Dist:0.6km east<br/>An Augustinian abbey, founded by Hugh de Mortimer in 1179. At the time it was the largest monastery in Herefordshire. It was destroyed in 1530 at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries.
©Ian Capper
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©Phil Catterall
Dist:0.7km east<br/>
©Row17
Dist:0.7km east<br/>An Edwardian postbox
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.7km south<br/>
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Dist:0.8km east<br/>
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.8km east<br/>These trees mark the route of an old Roman Road running from Chester to Caerleon (named Watling Street, but not the well known version!). Another picture showing the route of the same road a few miles further north is [[591361]].
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.8km southeast<br/>Draining these levels which are an ancient glacial lake.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.8km southeast<br/>In the background is Wigmore Abbey and Grange (see [[700446]] and [[700468]])
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.9km south<br/>
©Mr M Evison
Dist:0.9km southeast<br/>Wigmore Moor is an ancient glacial lake, now drained. But it shows its history by readily flooding, even in relatively dry weather.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.9km west<br/>
©Geoff Pick
Dist:0.9km southeast<br/>This is one of a number of drainage ditches on Wigmore Moor, a small area of levels south of the River Teme. In the background near the left hand edge of the photo are the remains of Wigmore Abbey.
©Ian Capper

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