Sign for the Fleece, Whitby
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Sign for the Fleece, Whitby
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 16 Oct 2007
Not a place where the customer will be 'fleeced', but a reference to the important wool trade. The prosperity of the nation depended upon it for several centuries.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.48563
Longitude
-0.610429