Column at entrance to Nonsuch Park
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Column at entrance to Nonsuch Park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 21 Aug 2013
This column is on London Road (A24) at one of the entrances to Nonsuch Park. The inscription on the base of this column says "AS THIRSTING TRAVELLERS IN A DESERT LAND WELCOME A SPRING AMIDST A WASTE OF SAND SO DID HER KINDLY ACTIONS CHEER SHE SAID REFRESH THE WORN AND MAKE THE WEARY GLAD" Ewell is on a long line of spring line settlements founded along the foot of hills on a geological line between the chalk of the North Downs to the south, and the clay of the London Basin to the north.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.357076
Longitude
-0.240203