Wellow, Notts.
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Wellow, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 22 Feb 2015
The Maypole, with its crown and cockerel aloft, sits centrally between Eakring Road in the foreground and Maypole Green its rear. The pole was last replaced in 2011. The original shape of this green space was (is) unique for a Nottinghamshire village green. Over the centuries footpaths and buildings have contributed to the alteration of its original shape, as has its bisection by Eaking Road. The green's shape is that of an isosceles triangle (i.e. the shape of a C12/C13th arrow head) and it is said that its orientation, pointing 17.5 degrees west of south, was constructed to cock-a-snook at the Sheriff of Nottingham, by pointing its tip towards his stronghold.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.188235
Longitude
-0.999199