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Buckden: entrance to the yard of a former coaching inn
This house, on what was originally The Great North Road, was once The Spread Eagle Inn. For its Grade II listing, see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-54312-spread-eagle-public-house-buckden-cambrid#.VWX3VSiwHZY .
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 27 May 2015
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Buckden: the former Spread Eagle Inn
An eighteenth-century coaching inn on Buckden High Street, originally The Great North Road. For its Grade II listing, see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-54312-spread-eagle-public-house-buckden-cambrid#.VWX3VSiwHZY .
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 27 May 2015
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Buckden High Street
This was once The Great North Road, which, now the A1, bypasses Buckden. Many of the houses are Grade II listed.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 27 May 2015
0.05 miles
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High Street, Buckden
The High Street is dominated by this great brick wall for Buckden Towers.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 8 Apr 2009
0.07 miles
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Buckden Towers
Formerly known as Buckden Palace, this is a 12th century fortified manor house,
It was used to house the Bishops of Lincoln. The tall brick tower was added in 1475, protected by walls and a moat, and surrounded by an outer bailey. It was used by the bishops until 1842. More recently it has been used as a Christian Retreat and Conference Centre.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 8 Apr 2009
0.08 miles
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The Great Tower
Buckden Towers - formerly Buckden Palace, the house of the Bishop of Lincoln, as seen from St Mary's Churchyard.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 8 Apr 2009
0.08 miles
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Buckden: High Street and Palace wall
The wall on the right once protected the Palace of the Bishop of Lincoln, now Buckden Tower, the home of the Claretian Missionaries.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 27 May 2015
0.08 miles
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Gatehouse, Buckden Towers
The manor belonged to the Bishops of Lincoln, and the palace was built in the 13th century. It is now a Christian retreat and houses the Catholic Parish Church of St Hugh of Lincoln.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 8 Apr 2009
0.08 miles
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High Street, Buckden
This is the old A1 road, northwards from the entrance to 'The Towers'.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 13 Mar 2017
0.09 miles
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High Street
Looking south along what was once The Great North Road by the outer gatehouse to Buckden Towers
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 14 Mar 2008
0.09 miles