2023

SP3265 : Leamington's famous Elephant Wash

taken 1 year ago, near to Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

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Leamington's famous Elephant Wash
Leamington's famous Elephant Wash
This is Royal Leamington Spa's 'Elephant Wash' in the River Leam. The first elephant trainer in England was Sam Lockhart, who was a member of the famous Lockhart circus family. He acquired three elephants in Ceylon (Sri Lanka today) and would wash them here in the river. However, when bathing in the river their trumpeting disturbed local worshippers at the nearby church. As a consequence this dedicated elephant wash was built a little further away from the church.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Rivers, Streams, Drainage River: Leam Primary Subject: River other tags: River Elephant Wash Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River Leam [142] · Circus Elephants [6] Other Photos: · Elephant mural ·
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SP3265, 720 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Philip Halling   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 17 October, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 20 October, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3209 6551 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:17.2078N 1:31.8589W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3210 6548
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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