Slindon Cricket Ground
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Slindon Cricket Ground
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 30 Oct 2010
Looking towards the houses on the A29. Slindon's cricket club is over 250 years old and briefly became one of the best sides in England in the 1740s when under the patronage of the Duke of Richmond the team were beating county sides. Like all small clubs the success was not sustainable once the patron died and the cricket club sunk back into obscurity. The current cricket ground stands on land that was once part of Slindon Common until its inclosure in the 1870s.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.860016
Longitude
-0.627423