Otley War Memorial
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Otley War Memorial by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Otley War Memorial
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 29 Jun 2017
Otley village sign The village sign stands behind the village War Memorial. The sign depicted the Gosnold Crest. Otley Hall, a 16th-century, Grade I listed house was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold. The sailing barque “Godspeed”, under Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, was one of the three ships (along with Susan Constant and Discovery) on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. The wheatsheaf represents corn, and the grapes which also made the journey, and from which settlers established farming and vineyards in North America. Other elements of the sign, oak leaves, wild rose and the birds and butterfly, convey a picture of the natural history of the Otley Area.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.15107
Longitude
1.22037