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Wessington Park, CALNE, SN11 0AU

The pub stands beside the A4. The building is 18th century and is built of limestone rubble. For a view of the sign Image

The talbot was a popular breed of hunting dog, a kind of hound. The dog appears on many pub signs. There are a number of reasons why the dog is used. The dog is the heraldic symbol of the Talbot family, the Earls of Shrewsbury. St Hubert, bred hunting dogs, and had a religious vision while hunting and his dogs became sacred, or it could be directly from this now extinct breed of dog.

The Victorian church of Holy Trinity

The flush bracket is on the southwest angle of the church. For a wider view of the church Image and http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm21173 A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.

Primroses among the gravestones. They have two types of flower to ensure pollination by insects with long tongues, such as Bees and Wasps. Ants are attracted to the food stored in the seeds; they also disperse the seeds. In the Middle Ages, a concoction was made from the foliage for treating gout and rheumatism, and an infusion of the roots was used for headaches. When planted in a garden or hung dried on the front door, primroses will attract the company of Faeries. If you have them growing under your care, do not let them die! The Faeries will be deeply offended by your carelessness.

Sitting on the top of a tomb stone is a big fat woody. In the eyes of farmers, the innocuous-looking wood-pigeon is undoubtedly 'public enemy number one' among British birds. Townsfolk find this hard to credit when they see the chubby, attractive bird quietly feeding in a local park. But in the country the wood-pigeon does immense damage to crops. It's particularly fond of cereals, potatoes, beans, peas and greens.

The church on London Road, was built in 1867 of coursed and squared limestone rubble.

A very interesting monument within the churchyard.