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©PAUL FARMER
©Mick Lobb
Could the violin shaped vane have anything to do with the Ellys Manor House?
©Alexander P Kapp
©Alexander P Kapp
This pretty and peaceful looking village lies just to the east off the A1 and on the banks of the Witham valley.
©Mick Lobb
A Tudor wool merchant's house, built in the Flemish style as viewed from the elevated footpath beside the church.,
©Mick Lobb
©PAUL FARMER
©Mick Lobb
©Mick Lobb
The splendid tower is about 80 feet tall with a fiddle weather-vane is a familiar landmark seen from the A1. Built in 1519 by Anthony Ellys, merchant of the staple of Calais it joins 13th and 14th century architecture of the earlier church.
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.1km<br/>The new build to the right of the view blends well with the rural setting of the village. Planners and architects of some other such developments might well take heed!
©Mick Lobb
Dist:0.1km<br/>This square opening in the wall is the outfall of a spring that would have been a source of water for the village in days gone by.
©Brian Green
Dist:0.1km<br/>This double-sided stone trough is unlikely to be used again for animals as its location has completely changed from farmer's fields with livestock to being on the edge of the playing fields with open access.
©Brian Green
Dist:0.1km<br/>This large flat open area is able to hold more than one game of football, and floodlights too. This is home of Great Ponton F.C.
©Brian Green
Dist:0.1km<br/>Built by Anthony Ellys c1519 with crow-stepped gables and traces of 16th century wall paintings inside
©Richard Croft

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