Market Place (The Square), Kirkoswald
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Market Place (The Square), Kirkoswald
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 29 Jan 2009
On the right, an 18C house and former post office (according to the listing details). The symmetrical front partly hidden by the adjoining houses. The war memorial is in the foreground. The market charter was granted (for a fee) by King John in 1201. The market did not survive for long the coming of the railway to nearby Lazenby in 1876.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.763749
Longitude
-2.693104