Drinking fountain, Shipton under Wychwood
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Drinking fountain, Shipton under Wychwood
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 6 Nov 2007
The drinking fountain is dated 1878 and was erected to commemorate the loss of 28 emigrants from Shipton who died in a fire on the ship taking them to New Zealand. It was listed Grade II in 1986 http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=251773
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Image Location
Latitude
51.858546
Longitude
-1.596867