Sign for The Moss
Introduction
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Sign for The Moss
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 21 Aug 2011
Located by the entrance to the car-park for Image, the sign depicts a highwayman galloping across heather moorland. According to David Iredale in "A History of Congleton", Edited by W. B. Stephens ( http://tinyurl.com/3g69jom ), in the 18th century this area was a wilderness of moorland and common pasture land. These common lands provided a useful supply of timber and grazing for animals, they also provided a good area for highwaymen and vagabonds to hide in.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.154696
Longitude
-2.198996