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Fownhope
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Tuesday 25th July
Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley Project & Fownhope Local
History Society
A
Walk around Fownhope and Common Hill
A walk
around Fownhope led by Rev. David Clarke
of the Fownhope Local History Group
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The beginning
of the walk - Fownhope Recreation Ground |
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Fownhope
Church |
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The original
Fownhope charity school |
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David showed
the group some local archaeological finds including this
prehistoric stone axe |
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and this
beautiful Roman lamp |
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Medieval stone
coffin in Fownhope churchyard |
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David Clarke
explains the Scottish army's occupation of Fownhope in the
Civil War |
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The old road
between Fownhope and Woolhope as it approaches Nobody's Piece |
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Fownhope from
Common Hill |
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...and the
other side |
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The road back
to Fownhope |
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...running in
a hollow-way... |
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...past the
vineyard |
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