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A well kept Green, with the village hall in the background.
©Chris Eccleston
Dist:0.2km<br/>Narrow lane in the village of Long Preston.
©Chris Heaton
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©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alexander P Kapp
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Dist:0.3km<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.
©Trish Steel
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©Alexander P Kapp
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©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.3km<br/>With maypole (centre) and the War Memorial to the left
©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>The building has its origins in the 17th century, but most of what is seen today dates from the 18th century. It is Grade II listed. For a close-up of the sign [[2201658]]
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>Presented by Thomas Holgate in memory of his father in 1869
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>The chapel was at the far end of the graveyard, well away from the road and possibly on the site of the modern house. It was demolished in the 1960s.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Maypole Inn, at the corner of School Lane and Main Street (A65) in Long Preston.
©David Dixon
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©Alexander P Kapp

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