Sutton-on-Trent Holmes
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Sutton-on-Trent Holmes
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 24 Jul 2014
Cast panel on Main Street describing the Holmes of Sutton-on-Trent. These are the riverside meadows alongside the River Trent which are still grazed under agreements going back to the medieval period. The presence of land on the east bank of the river may well indicate an origin of the tradition predating the major changes to the course of the River Trent following flooding in the 13th/14th century. The Holmes can be easily identified on the 25k OS maps as they are marked as Open Access Land. The panel was created for the 2000 millennium.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.183646
Longitude
-0.803717