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©Nick Smith
This is taken from the lane leading on to Summers Lane from the A4361.
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.1km<br/>An attractive pub with a roomy garden. It has good reputation for food.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.1km<br/>There are more signs with this name than any other because the Crown is frequently in combination with other objects. It may first have been used for pubs which were on Crown property but it is certainly a symbol of loyalty to and affection for the Monarch.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.1km<br/>One of them is the old post office.
©Nick Smith
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©Nick Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial. The original lych gates had seats, a lych cross and a lych stone - a slab on which the coffin rested.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>A faded sign points the way to - but it is unreadable.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>This would seem to be the third location for the post office - originally being in one of the thatched Well Cottages, then being moved to Post Office Lane and now here on the High Street.
©Nick Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>The statue is Lt.-Colonel Francis Glanville, killed fighting for Charles I in 1645 at the battle of Bridgewater in the Civil War, has his helmet, gauntlets and a replica of his sword (the original is in the Royal Armoury) displayed above him. See http://www.broadhinton.org.uk/Church/About.htm
©Nick Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>This window commemorates Queen Victoria's golden jubilee so that dates it to 1887. The following link gives details of the stained glass windows in the church. This one appears to be 'SN2' (St George) http://www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=20715
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.2km<br/>A fine example of a wall-mounted sundial. The numbers run anti-clockwise with 12 at the base. The sundial is situated above the main door.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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