Gold Hill - Shaftesbury, Dorset
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N 51° 00.332 W 002° 11.814
30U E 556345 N 5650747
An information board at the Gold Hill Museum, Shaftesbury.
Waymark Code: WMWQ6G
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/30/2017
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"An artist's impression of a busy market day at the top of Gold Hill before the current Town Hall was built in 1827.
The main features still in place are Shaftesbury Abbey precinct wall on the left and the medieval church of Saint Peter on the right together with the Sun and Moon Inn just below the church. The six sheep in a pen in the front of the illustration represent a tenant's right to keep these animals - as bestowed on all cottages on Gold Hill. This permission remains in place to the present day! King Alfred founded Shaftesbury Abbey in AD888 - it was the first nunnery not connected to a male community and became the model for all other Royal nunneries. His daughter, Aethelgifu, was the first Abbess.
Other items in the picture include the Poultry Cross, a Fish Stall and an Apple Tree Seller occupying regular sites in this thriving market place. Artist: Janet Swiss (who also provided a complementary mural of the same period in $wans Yard, off the High Street)."
SOURCE - Info Board
Type of Historic Marker: Information board
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Shaftesbury & District Historical Society
Related Website: [Web Link]
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