The Land Time Never Forgot

by John Chivers

Title

The Land Time Never Forgot

Artist

John Chivers

Medium

Photograph - Photo Print

Description

The wonderful Castle Combe is a village in the heart of rural Wiltshire, England. It is villages of Grittleton, Ford, Nettleton and Tiddleywink.

The 14th century market cross, erected when the privilege to hold a weekly market in Castle Combe was granted, is situated where the three principal streets converge. Some small stone steps near the cross were for horse riders to mount and dismount and close by are the remains of the buttercross.

The village prospered during the fifteenth century when it belonged to Millicent, the wife of Sir Stephen Le Scrope and then of Sir John Fastolf (1380�1459), a Norfolk knight who was the effective lord of the manor for fifty years. He promoted the woollen industry, supplying his own troops and others for Henry V's war in France.

St. Andrew's Church is the home of the Castle Combe Clock, one of the very few English medieval clocks still in use.

The village was a location for the 1967 film musical Doctor Dolittle, but its frequently rainy summer climate, and the residents' irritation at the producers' arbitrary modifications of the area for shooting that was severe enough to incite attempted sabotage, frustrated production.[2] Raymond Austin, director/writer, set the action of his book, Find Me A Spy, Catch me a Traitor in the village and at the Manor. Other productions include "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot, and the films Stardust and The Wolfman,[citation needed]. Throughout September 2010, the village was used as a key filming location for Steven Spielberg's production of War Horse.

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The shot:

It's always hard thinking of new ways of expressing the character of a beautiful location that has been photographed so many times before and seen in many films. The challenge was a project I gave myself I wanted the rural, quite, scenic side to come out, yet! have the magical fairy tail charm.

The lonesome person adds to the image..this picture has many stories.

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November 27th, 2014

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