Timeless Summer
by John Chivers
Title
Timeless Summer
Artist
John Chivers
Medium
Photograph - Photo Print
Description
I have many images in my portfolio of the very stunning Castle Combe blanketed in snow so I thought it only fair to balance them with some Summer shots. This is a composite of Castle Combe village in the height of Summer with the flowers out in full bloom.
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The village takes its name from the 12th-century castle which stood about 1/3 of a mile to the north.
The 14th-century market cross, erected when the privilege to hold a weekly market in Castle Combe was granted, stands where the three principal streets of the lower village converge. Next to the cross is one of Castle Combe's two village pumps. Small stone steps near the cross were for horse riders to mount and dismount, and close by are the remains of the buttercross, built in the late 19th century from old masonry.
The village prospered during the 15th 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. The parish was in the ancient hundred of Chippenham.
Notable houses include the Dower House, from the late 17th century and now Grade II* listed
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May 23rd, 2018
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