Promenade De Verdun, Woodcote Estate
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Promenade De Verdun, Woodcote Estate
Image: © Marathon Taken: 27 Mar 2013
The Webb Estate was built by William Webb from 1898. Webb was a local estate agent and spent his lifetime developing his Garden Estate idea. The street layout forms a gentle, free-flowing pattern and with the exception of Promenade De Verdun, the roads of the estate all curve and none meet at right angles. The Promenade De Verdun is a memorial to the First World War and a notice at the end explains: "The Ministry of the Interior has given earth from a sacred spot in the neighbourhood of Armentieres, so that each tree may grow in a combination of French and British soil. The Lombardy Poplars along this grass walk were planted in Reverant Memory of those Brave Soldiers of France who fell in the Great War. The Public are asked to assist in protecting this Arboricultural tribute."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.339502
Longitude
-0.138795