IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lasham, ALTON, GU34 5SJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to GU34 5SJ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (57 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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The Royal Oak, Lasham
As with many village pubs, the Royal Oak stands next to the church. For a closer view of the sign Image
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 25 Jul 2010
0.03 miles
2
Sign for the Royal Oak, Lasham
The sign is second in popularity to the Red Lion. Charles II, together with his aide Colonel Carless, hid in the Boscobel Oak, near Shifnal, in order to escape from the Roundhead soldiers who were pursuing him. Charles had suffered defeat at the Battle of Worcester, 1651. After the Restoration of Charles II to the throne it was declared that 29th May, the king's birthday should be celebrated as Royal Oak Day as an act of thanksgiving.
The popularity of the pub sign may be attributed to genuine rejoicing that the monarchy had been restored, but it also comments on the appeal of particular human incidents, over the great events that shaped our history.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 25 Jul 2010
0.04 miles
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Lych gate, The Church of St Mary the Virgin
Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial. The original lych gates had seats, a lych cross and a lych stone - a slab on which the coffin rested.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 25 Jul 2010
0.05 miles
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St Mary, Lasham: noticeboard
The two newspaper articles refer to the recently appointed Bishop of Winchester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Dakin The portrait bottom right was part of the parishes Diamond Jubilee Celebrations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 5 Jan 2013
0.06 miles
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Christmas decorations at St Mary, Lasham (e)
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 5 Jan 2013
0.06 miles
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Christmas decorations at St Mary, Lasham (d)
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 5 Jan 2013
0.06 miles
