Lavenham features [6]
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Lavenham features [6]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 13 Sep 2020
A fine carved wooden pillar, adjacent to the church. Lavenham is a village in Suffolk about 5 miles north east of Sudbury. The village has Saxon origins but is best known as a medieval wool town. Granted a market charter in 1257, the village prospered in the 15th century and many buildings date to that period. The town grew so fast that many of the houses were built in haste with green timber. As the wood dried, the timbers warped causing the houses to bend at unexpected angles. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long and the cloth industry declined so no one had money to rebuild their homes and Lavenham’s crooked houses were left as they were.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.106039
Longitude
0.792831