The Bear Tavern in Bearwood
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The Bear Tavern in Bearwood
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 2 Oct 2019
A landmark building in the middle of Bearwood; a sign on the wall suggests that the name doesn't necessarily come from "wood with bears" but more likely the Old English words 'bearu' and 'wudu', meaning Grove Wood; this would have been a place of pig grazing in the Middle Ages. That doesn't preclude the survival of bears in the area at least until Roman times, as the area was densely forested at that time.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.476695
Longitude
-1.970216