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Church of St. Nicholas - Photo:
Rob Farrow
CCL |
This
picturesque market town with an unusually wide
main street dates back to the founding of a
nunnery in the 7th century by St
Withburga. It has a number of important old
buildings, including the 19th
century Corn Hall and a museum housed in a
cottage once owned by 16th century
cleric Bishop Bonner, chaplain to Cardinal
Wolsley. A windmill stands nearby. St
Nicholas’s Church has a detached bell tower
and in the churchyard is the burial place of
the poet William Cowper (1731-1800) who spent
the last few years of his life here. Writer
George Borrow (1803-81) was born close by in
the village of Dumpling Green. |
