Shapwick: the old post office
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Shapwick: the old post office
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 21 Sep 2008
Still recognisable as a former shop, it ceased trading on 9 October 1996. The ground floor window at this end used to be the shop entrance – there is evidence that the brickwork below is newer than the rest of the building. The post office was revived in a nearby cottage a couple of months later, but that stopped in 2004.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.815715
Longitude
-2.085826