Nantwich: half-timbered building commemorating the Great Fire
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Nantwich: half-timbered building commemorating the Great Fire
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 16 Feb 2015
This building, one of many Tudor half-timbered structures in the town, commemorates the rebuilding of the town after the 1583 Great Fire, when Elizabeth I diverted revenues to finance reconstruction. The plaque above the bay window reads (in modernised spelling) "God grant our royal queen / in England long to reign / for she hath put her helping hand / to build this town again." At some stage in the following eighteen months the newsagents occupying the building changed its name and signwriting style: see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.066613
Longitude
-2.52213