2023

TR0754 : Old Wives Lees Village Hall

taken 1 year ago, near to Old Wives Lees, Kent, England

Old Wives Lees Village Hall
Old Wives Lees Village Hall
There is a six-way junction at the centre of Old Wives Lees. The green in the middle of the junction sees the village sign with hops and farming featuring and just to the south of this is the village hall.

The origin of the name of Old Wives Lees is not clear but in 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Wives Lees thus: "OLD-WIVES-LEES, or Oldwoods-Lees, a place in the N E of Kent; 4¼ miles S W of Canterbury. An annual race, on 19 May, by young maids and bachelors, was instituted here by Sir D. Digges of Chilham."

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TR0754, 87 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 26 January, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 28 January, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0720 5485 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.3092N 0:58.0786E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0720 5488
View Direction
SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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