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Dist:0.4km<br/>A footpath through oil-seed rape to a gap in the hedge, with houses in Sherbourne Street at the far side of the next field.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Weather vane as seen on building Groton Suffolk.
©Keith Evans
Dist:0.4km<br/>Small green at the centre of Groton village
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>Just inside the porch is a notice pointing out that Groton is the proud possessor of the oldest headstone in the county bearing the name Kedbye and dates from 1598. Most of the church dates from around the end of the 15th c., but the roof of the nave is 200 years later. This was probably when the clerestory was added. Parts of the church, especially the lower part of the tower, are 13th c. The octagonal font is rather uninspiring and plain, but was attractively planted as an indoor garden when I visited. The interior is painted pink which I found strange, although quite pleasing. John Winthrop sailed to America in 1629 and became first Governor of Massachusetts and founder of Boston. He was born here in 1588 and died in 1649. The glass in the windows serves as a memorial to many other members of the Winthrop family.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>John Winthrop worshipped in this church and was married here in 1615. In 1630 he led a group of Puritans across the Atlantic to settle in the New World, and eventually became the first Governor of Massachusetts.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Seat with the village name on it at Groton, Suffolk.
©Keith Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>Plaque for what's left of Groton pound see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2096971
©Keith Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>Groton pound (well, what's left) see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2096972
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Groton Croft is a large area of public meadow, owned by the Groton Winthrop Mulberry Trust. It was purchased in 1993 to protect and preserve the historic mulberry tree [[TL9542]]
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Dist:0.6km<br/>The pond by the lane at Sherbourne Street is shown on the 1:25,000 map.
©Andrew Hill

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