Bloody Gate, Wootton, detail
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Bloody Gate, Wootton, detail
Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 22 Aug 2011
The plaque reads : "Bloody Gate" so called until 1825 when the original public way from Wootton to Thornton was superseded by the existing road. It still doesn't answer the question though: Why Bloody Gate ?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.630855
Longitude
-0.356618