Looking into the western hemisphere, Old Road
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Looking into the western hemisphere, Old Road
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 2 May 2009
Before about 1825, this was the old approach to the town centre from the east. The road went straight on in a cutting up a steep hill. After road diversion to the left, the road was blocked straight ahead by earthworks for the extended College Lane coming in from the right. A marker stone for the Greenwich meridian is in the right foreground.
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Image Location
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51.124484
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-0.002685