Back of the Battleaxes
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Back of the Battleaxes
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 10 Mar 2022
Facing south is the rear of the pub. It was the gift to the village by Matilda Blanche Gibbs, widow of wealthy local merchant William Gibbs, in 1881. She opened it as a temperance house called the Chequers Inn. It later became the Widdecombe Inn before a more recent name-change.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.440234
Longitude
-2.72738