Colerne, Market Square And Church Of St John The Baptist c.1930
Photo ref: C297006
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With a population of only about 250, Colerne is a small hill village with a superb church that has a slender Perpendicular west tower; it commands a magnificent elevation overlooking the village and countryside.

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The Colerne 'cross-tree', as it was called, which can be seen at the left side of this photograph of the market square and church, was an elm, I think. It was already looking pretty ancient when I lived there in 1940-42. In fact you can see in the photo, taken some years earlier, that it's hollow at the base. Does anyone know how long it survived? Looking at the place on Google street-view, I ...see more