Malmesbury, The Triangle And War Memorial c.1955
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M13033
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A 1930s telephone box stands outside the Three Cups Inn (centre right). This inn is one of the 17th-century buildings in Westport to survive the Civil War skirmishes between the Royalists and the Parliamentary forces lead by Sir William Waller. Legend states that he may have made the inn his headquarters. The lane to the left of the inn is Katifer Lane, whose name is derived from the Norman- French word 'kat', meaning cloth, and 'fer' meaning iron - thus Katifer Lane was the street of the cloth ironers. Malmesbury was an important centre in the 16th century for the woollen cloth industry, and was famous for producing woollen broadcloth. The spire behind the inn belongs to the Congregational Church.
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