Bat & Ball, Holmer Green, Bucks
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Bat & Ball, Holmer Green, Bucks
Image: © Cathy Cox Taken: 10 Feb 2008
The Bat & Ball pub, seen here catching the late afternoon sunshine, stands at the junction of Penfold Lane and the Common in Holmer Green. Its name derives from its location opposite the recreation ground where the local cricket team plays. I have not been able to find the date when this fine brick and flint hostelry was built but a photograph here http://www.stuartking.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/falbum/wp/album.php?album=72157603434917989&page=1&photo=2181042886 dating from the 1920s shows that, in outward appearance at least, it has changed very little in the last 80 - 90 years.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.667892
Longitude
-0.690488