Wells features [2]
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Wells features [2]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 23 Aug 2019
Market Place has been the focal point of the city for centuries and currently there is a twice weekly market. Penniless Porch and the Bishop's Eye, two medieval gateways enclose Market Place. All the building seen here are listed. There is a commemorative plaque and markings on the pavement showing the distance jumped by Mary Rand, a resident of the City, who achieved a world record in the long jump at the 1964 Olympic Games. A Roman settlement around three wells that became much more important when the Anglo-Saxon King Ine of Wessex founded a minster church in 704, Wells is the second smallest city in England.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.209626
Longitude
-2.645004