The Britannia (4) - sign, 9 Buckingham Road, Aylesbury, Bucks
Introduction
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The Britannia (4) - sign, 9 Buckingham Road, Aylesbury, Bucks
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 27 Oct 2014
The sign is on a post outside the pub on its Buckingham Road frontage. The pub was in existence by 1861 and could be older. In those days many people could not read or write, so pubs and inns were usually given names which would easily be identified when pictured on their sign. The character of Britannia, used on Victorian coins and later ones, would be instantly recognisable. Unfortunately the sign is slightly obscured by the remains of a poster which was fixed to it and then removed, but not completely. The other side was even more disfigured. Other pictures, please see:- Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.820365
Longitude
-0.815347