Haytor Vale Women's Institute
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Haytor Vale Women's Institute
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 18 Oct 2008
The Women's Institute movement had its origins in Canada in 1897, but the onset of the First World War created the circumstances where a similar movement would be useful and successful in the British Isles, and the first British Women's Institute was formed at Llanfairpwll in Wales in 1915. The WI website is here http://www.thewi.org.uk/
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Image Location
Latitude
50.580332
Longitude
-3.735665