Watlington village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Watlington village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Watlington village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 22 Feb 2019
The sign depicts distribution of loaves to the poor and the historic fact that in 1747 John Davis willed money to provide 12 loaves to the widows and the poor of two parishes, 8 loaves to Watlington and 4 to Tottenhill (this division was altered in later years).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.673908
Longitude
0.393548