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Dist:0.4km<br/>Chiseldon sits at the top of an escarpment south of the M4. There are several small valleys or coombes that penetrate the scarp of which this is one and this is another http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/335814 The colours are muted because of the time of year. In summer there should be quite a contrast.
©Brian Robert Marshall
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©Rob Purvis
Dist:0.5km<br/>Eastbound near Chiseldon
©Andrew Hackney
Dist:0.5km<br/>Self-explanatory; the darker sign warns of a large dog roaming free in the private garden.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.5km<br/>The footpath is on the northern edge of the village of Chiseldon and runs north to Coate Water Country Park, Swindon.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>As sunset approaches drivers on the motorway begin turning on their headlights.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>Tranquil as these places usually are. There are numerous gravestones present many of which pre-date the Victorian enthusiasm for marking graves with stone crosses.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The 15th century tower
©Kevin Farmer
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©J Whatley
Dist:0.6km<br/>The north elevation of the Grade I listed church http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=318290 overlooks the churchyard.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>This one has worn rather less badly than its companion a few metres away and seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1119711 The figure shows signs of distress and has only a few teeth. Toothache was a common affliction in the 13th century when this church was built and there are several examples on Geograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=4936699 The church is Grade I listed http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=318290
©Brian Robert Marshall
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.6km<br/>The church dates from the 13th century and is Grade I listed http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=318290 There is another face a few metres west of this one which can be seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1119722
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The wtiter Richard Jefferies married Jessie Baden here in 1874.
©Dr Duncan Pepper
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©J Whatley

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