Manciple Street, Southwark
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Manciple Street, Southwark
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 20 Mar 2010
One of many streets in the area named after themes in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". According to Wikipedia, a manciple was in charge of the purchase and storage of food. It is an area of high-density residential housing, mostly belonging to Southwark Council. See also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.498292
Longitude
-0.087238