Looking down New Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Looking down New Street by Andrew Hill as part of the Geograph project.
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Looking down New Street
Image: © Andrew Hill Taken: 28 Feb 2009
The pub on the right is the "Old Bell and Steelyard". The steelyard is the structure overhanging the road, an old weighing machine. This one was set up in around 1680 for checking that carts were within the weight limit set to prevent damaging the roads in and out of the town. It was used until the 1880s. The pub itself is a building dating from 1549. (Information based on the pub's website).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.094186
Longitude
1.315859