Across West Street...
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Just past the Green turn left down Waldron Road…
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At the junction with Crown Street turn left and cross over…
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Look out for the small passageway leading down a set of steps to Victoria Terrace…
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Turn right along Victoria Terrace until you reach West Street…
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Turn left and cross the road towards the old Parish Hall building shown opposite and dated 1884…
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Just to the right of this Victorian red-brick building is a small signposted passageway leading to ’The Hill and Harrow’…. ///spoon.maybe.hats
A medieval route known as the ‘Old Village Way’ cascaded down the hill’s western flank away from the beginnings of the High Street to meet the flatter land below. Only a small section of this medieval building line, survives today - which would have been located to the rear of West Street. This would explain the siting of one of the earliest properties within the village - the Pye House.
The remains of this building stand in a yard at the rear of 75 West Street, and derived its name from ‘pied poudres', which is French for dusty feet, a name which may reflect the area’s market town roots, which regularly saw travellers to and from the hill.
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Take this passageway and follow the path across Church Fields - an open area below the hill…
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This leads into an alleyway with St Anselm’s Primary School and Church on your right... ///spoon.maybe.hats
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Cross over Roxburgh Road and into another alleyway which leads back into the Grove Open Space…
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Walk down to London Road and the Station and the end of this walk is facing you. ///finely.tubes.urban