Sign for the Blue Boar &copy; Maigheach-gheal

SU2675 : Sign for the Blue Boar

taken 11 years ago, near to Aldbourne, Wiltshire, Great Britain

Sign for the Blue Boar

The blue boar is a heraldic reference to the Earl of Oxford. The white boar similarly refers to Richard III. It is said that after the defeat of Richard and the Yorkists at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), many White Boar signs were hastily painted blue, since the Earl of Oxford was a leading supporter of the Lancastrain cause.

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Grid Square: SU2675, 93 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Maigheach-gheal (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 22 November, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010
Category: Pub sign (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SU 26455 75781 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:28.8223N 1:37.2264W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SU 26455 75781
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)