No bull here
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No bull here
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 19 Jun 2013
Oxbode Street, minus any signs of an open-air butchery. The local tale is recounted in a nursery rhyme when the lane was a great deal narrower and perhaps known as Mitre Street. It's said a large ox was brought to market but became inextricably stuck between the houses. Faced with the problem and no way of moving the poor animal, a butcher was summoned to dispatch and dismember it on the spot. By the early twentieth century the area was a slum and was cleared and widened to allow a better passage to all. The name Oxbode (ox body) remains.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.865724
Longitude
-2.244661