At the corner of Nanny Murphy's Lane
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At the corner of Nanny Murphy's Lane
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 10 Aug 2008
The best explanation for the origin of the name Nanny Murphy's Lane, comes from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60490880.html which refers to a local lady called Mary Yates (1649 - 1776) who lived at Lizard Common just up the road from here in the mid 17th century. Amongst her achievements were to walk to London shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, to get married for the 3rd time in her 90s, and to live to the ripe old age of 127. Quite how much of this is genuinely true is rather hard to establish now. That's postbox number TF11 144 at the junction.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.68795
Longitude
-2.360338