Dore Village Green and the commemoration stone
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Dore Village Green and the commemoration stone
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 5 Jan 2017
The stone recognises that at Dore in 829 A.D., King Ecgbert of Wessex suppressed the forces of King Eanred of Northumbria to become the "first overlord of all England". The stone was erected in 1968. I last photographed it on Boxing Day, 2012. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3271302
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Image Location
Latitude
53.326104
Longitude
-1.537836