Gowan Bank
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Gowan Bank
Image: © Tiger Taken: 13 Aug 2012
This house at 15 Kineton Green Road was built by the local firm of Bragg in 1905 and was rented by Arthur Holden and his family who lived there until 1911. Gowan is a Scots word for a daisy (used by Burns in "Auld Lang Syne") and the name must have had a special significance for the family as they had also used it for one of their earlier residences near Lapworth (then called Kingswood) Station, in Image Edith Holden was living here in Olton when she compiled her nature notes, posthumously published as "The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady". For more information on her life and her various residences in this area, see Ina Taylor's biography "The Edwardian Lady" www.inataylor.co.uk/page/edwardianLady
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Image Location
Latitude
52.436718
Longitude
-1.808289