Maypole, Sturminster Marshall
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Maypole, Sturminster Marshall
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 25 Jun 2011
The first maypole was erected in 1101 after permission for a fair had been granted by the Lord of the Manor, the Earl of Pembroke. Restorations are known to have taken place in 1669, 1857 and 1897 and the present pole follows the 1897 design. The 1986 pole is 35 feet high and is topped by a weather vane designed as a water rat, the village emblem.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.801156
Longitude
-2.072886