Wool: the post office and neighbours

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Wool: the post office and neighbours

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 25 Jul 2009

One of Wool's convenience stores houses the village post office, among attractive frontages on the High Street. Wool's post office was established on 4 October 1843, becoming a money order & savings bank on 1 November 1884 and a telegraph office on 1 August 1888.

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Image Location

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50.679572
Longitude
-2.219044