Royal Oak - Rudge Heath
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Royal Oak - Rudge Heath
Image: © John M Taken: 14 May 2011
A traditional style pub sign celebrating King Charles II's escape from Roundhead troopers after the Battle of Worcester in September 1651 by hiding in an Oak Tree at Boscobel, Shropshire. The King was a young man when the incident occurred: this depiction shows an older figure presumably post Restoration.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.558744
Longitude
-2.304701