A scene in Priory Pools, Warwick
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A scene in Priory Pools, Warwick
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 8 Jun 2019
The Priory of St Sepulchre was a monastic foundation on top of the hill on which Warwick stands. It was demolished after the Dissolution and rebuilt from 1546 as The Priory, a large house in 40 acres (16 hectares) of parkland. In time the monks' fishponds became ornamental pools. Around 1850 the parkland was severed by the building of Brunel's Oxford to Birmingham railway. In the twentieth century the hilly parkland to the south eventually became Priory Park, much of it now a scheduled ancient monument. The flat land to the north became Priory Pools. In the 1960s the pools were filled in to form a neighbourhood park and play area, dignified by some magnificent trees. The trains can be heard but go almost unseen.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.287186
Longitude
-1.587126