The bushes to the left hide the site of the old abbey at Abingdon, founded in 676 and again in 955 after the original had been destroyed by marauding Danes.
This public park, with its
neatly-trimmed shrubs and bushes, occupies the former site of the vineyard of the Benedictine monastery founded
in 1082 by Bishop Gundulf.
In the time of James I the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal palace
now stands grew mulberry bushes for the silk industry.The palace was
built in its original form in the early 1700s and adapted
Lyme
Regis is only a mile away, beyond the next bend, but lies hidden
behind the woods at the Holm Bush and what is now National
Trust land at Ware Cliffs (top left).
Central Garage
has its double doors closed and the
posters on the window indicate that
the business has ended, soon to
become Uppingham School
Bookshop.
The bushes on the left are part of the grounds of the Town Hall; the building was erected in 1927 as a convalescent home, but it was taken over by Skegness Council in 1964.
The barrels to the left of the arch probably belong to the Bush Inn, whose cellar entrance can be seen between
what were probably the naughty boys who cropped up regularly in local newspapers of the
Bull's
Head), the White Hart, the Jolly Butchers, the Malthouse (formerly the
Rising Sun), the Spotted Dog, the Cricketers Arms, the Queen's Head,
the Pilgrim (formerly the Station Hotel), the Bush
Behind them the Queen Anne façade of the White Hart hides the fabric of a Tudor building, while the structure housing Babbs footwear shop is not so bashful.
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