Baxter Cottage at Drakelow, Worcestershire
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Baxter Cottage at Drakelow, Worcestershire by Roger D Kidd as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 15 Mar 2010
At this junction, Sladd Lane joins Kingsford Lane (to the left) which continues as Drakelow Lane (to the right), and a bridleway* past Drakelow Grange to Blakeshall passes the cottage. The many places in this region named after Baxter are referring to Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) who was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist!. See Wikipedia for a very interesting biography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Baxter * take a look at this if you have half an hour to read about the fascinating history of this route - now deemed a restricted byway, open to unpowered traffic. http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/pdf/wolverley%20&%20cookley%20wc542%20draft%20report.pdf
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