The western border of Suffolk, Exning
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The western border of Suffolk, Exning
Image: © Roger Jones Taken: 4 May 2014
The camera is at the most westerly point in Suffolk looking along the Suffolk\Cambridgeshire boundary which runs along edge of this field. The hedgerow is on a raised bank, which indicates an ancient boundary: The county line, which is also the boundary of the parish of Exning, is jagged following old field patterns. The local parish church website http://www.exningparishchurch.net/history_village.htm gives this explanation as to why Exning was not incorporated in Cambridgeshire: "If you look at the modern map of East Anglia, you will notice that the bulge of West Suffolk into Cambridgeshire consists of the ancient parish of Exning. Why was it that Exning was not incorporated in Cambridgeshire? The reason given was the ancient name and fame of Exning from the past; so it was allowed to remain in East Anglia because Cambridge was not East Anglia in the real sense of the word."
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Image Location
Latitude
52.26778
Longitude
0.339963