Churchyard gate and stile, Somerford Keynes
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Churchyard gate and stile, Somerford Keynes
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 9 Jan 2022
The gate looks quite new, but there was probably some sort of gate here in the past, as it would not be seemly for the vicar to use a stile as he came from the vicarage through the small gate. Why then the stile for a public footpath that enters the churchyard here? Perhaps the gate was locked.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.658283
Longitude
-1.976967