Bitteswell, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: B584016
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This view, almost unchanged today, shows the 14th-century St Mary's Church overlooking the village greens. James Powell, the vicar from 1789 to 1844, married Mary Twining of the tea family; the lychgate, visible behind the telephone post, was built in his memory.

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