Kirkby Cross, Kirkby in Ashfield
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Kirkby Cross, Kirkby in Ashfield
Image: © Katy Walters Taken: 4 Dec 2005
The old market cross. Originally at the centre of the settlement, it is now in a conservation area (Old Kirkby), while the commercial centre of Kirkby is at what is strictly called East Kirkby (Image). "Strictly" as in the map says it, but the locals don't - vernacular geography in reverse?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.100757
Longitude
-1.269624