In Cox's Orchard, Colnbrook
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In Cox's Orchard, Colnbrook
Image: © Marathon Taken: 20 Jun 2018
This community orchard was planted in the winter of 1992-3, and restored in spring 2017, to commemorate the first cultivation of the Cox's Orange Pippin, by Richard Cox circa 1825, in his orchard in nearby Colnbrook village. See also https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/pip-pip-hooray-a-celebration-of-the-british-apple-397305.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cox_(horticulturist) and http://www.englandinparticular.info/orchards/o-berks.html
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Image Location
Latitude
51.482052
Longitude
-0.518535