Wootton: Penny Post Cottage
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Wootton: Penny Post Cottage
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 1 Mar 2009
This cottage, as its name implies, used to be the village post office. Opened on 10 July 1850 (not necessarily here, of course), it closed on 30 November 1973, replaced by the one at Tiptoe, the next village east, which opened the following day.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.783754
Longitude
-1.651566