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St. John Close, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7HL

This OS Flush Bracket can be found on the south face of the school. It marks a point 39.867m above mean sea level.

Located in eastern Cowbridge at the crossroads of Cardiff Road, Aberthin Road, Eastgate and St Athan Road. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines brasserie as "A (French) saloon selling beer and usually food; generally, an informal restaurant." The second definition applies here.

Pub on the corner of Cardiff Road and Aberthin Road. Both roads are the A4222 which makes a 90 degree turn here. The name Jack’s Corner on the building recalls a dog that once lived here. The year on the pub name sign is 1899, but there is a reference to The Edmondes Arms Public House in an 1895 edition of a Kelly's Directory, so presumably the current building was built on the site of its predecessor. The Directory records that a Mrs Edmondes of High Street is a "principal landowner" in Cowbridge.

So the road was so narrow that they wanted to keep vehicles on the safe side of the road!

In what might be considered an idyllic landscape rapidly growing invaders of the hedgerows have sprung into life. I believe this to be Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), an introduced horticultural specimen, related to the Busy Lizzie, that came to Britain in 1839 and has since escaped to become a major nuisance in the wild. It is the tallest annual in the UK growing up to 3 metres tall in a season before dying back in autumn. An attractive plant with a distinctive purple pink flower that belies its destructive nature. Its flower has led to its slang name of 'Policeman's Helmet'- not that I have seen any poicemen wearing pink helmets as yet! Each plant can produce up to 800 seeds and these are explosively released when their pods are mature. The 'explosion' can project the seeds up to 7 metres from the parent plant. This highly effective dispersal method enables the plant to rapidly colonise the damp and riparian habitats that it usually favours. The seeds may be further spread by water, explaining its favoured environment, and can remain viable for 2 years

House on the corner of Eastgate and Croft Terrace, viewed from Druids Green. The red phonebox on the left, dating from c1950, was Grade II listed in November 1992.

Convenience store at 27 Eastgate.

Looking SE along Eastgate from near the corner of Druids Green. The corner house is Glen Cottage.

Survivors from a bygone age are these signs on the side of a building in Druids Green, near the fire station. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2770973 One sign invites you to smoke 'Ogden's "Guinea-Gold" cigarettes, extra quality' Another states "Use Feathery Flake the quality self raising flour". The top edge of a Craven "A" (cigarettes) sign can also be seen.

Viewed from the Eastgate end.