Church tower and old school room, Chew Magna
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Church tower and old school room, Chew Magna
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 3 Jun 2005
Seen from the triangle of green on South Parade. In the centre past the tree is the C16 4-stage tower of St Andrew's church http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=32918&mode=adv . On the right is the Old School Room. "The upstairs room was the local school from the mid or early 15th century, with the village poorhouse below" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_Magna http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32917 gives a date of c 1510.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.366547
Longitude
-2.609141