It's in the back yard Your Majesty.

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It's in the back yard Your Majesty.

Image: © michael ely Taken: 20 Jan 2006

On 9th July 1913, King George V and Queen Mary visited this house at 43 Market Street, Shawforth, while passing through Whitworth en route to Rochdale on a Royal Tour of Lancashire. And there's a blue plaque to prove it.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.674549
Longitude
-2.169501