The Butter Cross and"Bird in Hand" public house, Austrey
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Butter Cross and"Bird in Hand" public house, Austrey by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.
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The Butter Cross and"Bird in Hand" public house, Austrey
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 26 Jun 2010
The well-worn market cross plinth has been in this very place for at least seven hundred years. The pub is more modern - only fifteenth century! You can also see the spire of St Nicholas Parish Church. A church has been on the same site for over eight hundred years.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.652994
Longitude
-1.562996