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Shortly after entering the village from the west. Why did the pheasant cross the road? It was game for anything.
©Maurice Pullin
As long as humans have farmed the land, sailed the seas and contemplated their place in nature, the wind has played a key role in their speculations. It was interpreting the wind's changing direction that helped our ancestors predict the coming weather and survive.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The footpath to Beacon Hill cross this field.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The steps and stile give walkers access to the footpath to Beacon Hill.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>In 1935, the Post Office commissioned a new kiosk from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to celebrate the Jubilee of King George V. The K6 Jubilee Kiosk, as it is known, was similar to the K2 box, being made of cast iron and painted red but was 25% lighter in weight. By the end of the 1930s there were 20,000 K6 telephone boxes in use all over the UK.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The rosemary is growing around the boot scraper. Rosemary is good for low-growing hedges or it can be planted near a path so every time someone brushes against it the highly aromatic scent is released. It is an evergreen, with spiky leaves and misty blue flowers in spring.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The gate gives walkers access to the footpath that takes them towards St Andrew's Church.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The Battle of Roundway Down took place on the hills above this church in 1643
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church has its origins in the 13th century and restored in 1840-41 and 1976. It is built of ashlar and rubble stone and has a tower to the west.
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Dist:0.5km<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.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking down the nave towards the sanctuary. The chancel arch was renewed circa 1840 with applied timber mouldings.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The banner of the Heddington Mothers Union. Mary Sumner (1828–1921) founded the Mothers Union as an organisation that would unite mothers of all social classes in mutual support and promote motherhood. In 1876, after the birth of her first grandchild Mary was inspired to bring together the mothers of the parish in mutual support and held the first meeting of what was to become the Mothers’ Union in the Old Alresford Rectory. Today the Union is a global movement with over 3.6 million members. Mary is buried with her husband in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral. For a view of Mary's grave see [[2639448]] by Jonathan Kington
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Memorial to the men of Heddington who lost their lives in the WW1. We will remember them.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church is wonderfully light and gives off a warm welcome. Looking down the chancel towards the sanctuary. The three light window dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The font is positioned near the entrance of the church which symbolizes baptism and entry into the Christian faith. The font is in the Norman style, and is possibly original.
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