Larch Farm Crossroads, Ravenshead, Notts
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Larch Farm Crossroads, Ravenshead, Notts
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 28 Oct 2014
This former farm, now a public house and restaurant with bed & breakfast facilities is shown on ancient maps held at nearby Newstead Abbey to have been here since at least 1825. This is a view from the junction of the A60(the Nottingham to Mansfield road) and the B6020 (Kirkby-in-Ashfield to Blidworth road), with the Kirkby-in-Ashfield section lying behind the photographer. The vehicles are on the A60 are facing in the Nottingham direction. Until 1785 however, it seems that the main highway between Nottingham and Mansfield passed through Papplewick and Newstead Abbey rejoining the present route on the north side of Larch Farm. The former route, known as The King’s Way, passed through Thieves Wood - formerly part of the Royal Wood of Lyndhurst - and it is posited that it was the all too frequent fate of unfortunate travellers that gave the wood its name.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.092158
Longitude
-1.177785