Cross and war memorial, Patna

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Cross and war memorial, Patna by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.

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Cross and war memorial, Patna

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 11 Oct 2017

I don't know how what looks to be a market cross comes to be on the outskirts of a mining village, but in trying to find out I found this interesting article about the history of the village: http://patnadaily.com/index.php/feature/5939-the-other-patna.html .

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.365037
Longitude
-4.509392