Barley Wood, Wrington, from the south
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Barley Wood, Wrington, from the south
Image: © John Lord Taken: 19 Nov 2008
Barley Wood was originally built by Hannah More, a bust of whom is in Wrington parish church. The dustjacket of the excellent biography by Anne Stott, "Hannah More, the first Victorian" (OUP 2003), gives this assessment of her:"Hannah More was a public figure at a time when domesticity was regarded as a woman's chief virtue. Her career as playwright, bluestocking, Evangelical educationalist, anti-slavery campaigner, political writer and novelist made her one of the most influential women of her day." The house subsequently belonged to members of the Wills family, the tobacco manufacturers.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.363936
Longitude
-2.749295