High Street, Hitchin
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High Street, Hitchin
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 25 Sep 2008
Looking towards Bancroft. High Street was originally called Cock Street and the name is preserved by the pub which is just to the left of the view. Interestingly, the pub site formed part of Shillington in Bedfordshire until an act of 1868 abolished such extra-parochial holdings.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.948339
Longitude
-0.278412