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DEW
  • DEW
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02 May 2019 20:19:22

At least the rain held off!


Corhampton and Meonstoke churches are only two hundred yards apart, on opposite sides of the river, but there is a folk memory of friendly(?) rivalry going back centuries to the time when Corhampton was settled by Saxons and Meonstoke by Jutes. The 13th C church at Meonstoke is said to have been built because of a reluctance to go to the older 11th C church at Corhampton. There was no bridge across the river until the turnpike era in the early 19th C.


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Corhampton Church


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Meonstoke Church



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Meonstoke has still got the old bier used to wheel coffins around



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River Meon with water crowfoot


 


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They raise sheep in that part of Hampshire  ...


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... and dandelions!


War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
NMA
  • NMA
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03 May 2019 09:05:29

The Meon is a very beautiful river.


Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft

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