Village house, Thoralby
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Village house, Thoralby
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 3 Nov 2008
A typical dales village house, this one bearing a date of 1653 and the initials IB. Initials and dates over doorways are quite common in the Wensleydale area,particularly on 17th and 18th century houses. They often represent the christian name initials of the first married couple to have lived there.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.276575
Longitude
-2.002576