2009

SO2242 : Clock tower, Hay on Wye

taken 15 years ago, near to Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales

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Clock tower, Hay on Wye
Clock tower, Hay on Wye
When Hay on Wye's Gothic clock tower was built in the 1880s the people of this small market town could hardly have envisaged that one day it would become a major centre for selling second hand books. That it did was largely the result of the vision of one man, Richard Booth, who opened the first bookshop in 1961. Note the 'Brecon County' sign; this has not existed as a local government unit since 1974 when it was absorbed into the new Welsh county of Powys together with Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire.

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Category: Clock > Clock tower
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hay on Wye [61] · Clock Tower [22] · Richard Booth's Bookshop [3] Title Clusters: · Clock tower, Hay on Wye [2] ·
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SO2242, 440 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 24 July, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 229 424 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:4.4800N 3:7.5635W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 229 424
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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