Watlington: The Goggs
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Watlington: The Goggs
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Dec 2013
Old Victorian Ordnance Survey maps show that this thoroughfare was in existence in 1876, but the name is a mystery to the photographer. Was there possibly a connection with the cultivation of gooseberries?
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Image Location
Latitude
51.644514
Longitude
-1.012298