Monday, 23rd September, 2019.
Most of the houses in this pretty village were built between
1650 and 1750, and were crowded with spinners, weavers, smallholders and labourers.
At various times until the 20th century, the town also supported limeburners, ironstone miners, carriers, blacksmiths, joiners and shoemakers, not to mention the occasional hawker, ropemaker and “bird-stuffer”.
Today, as witnessed by the proliferation of coffee shops, restaurants and gift shops, the main industry is tourism. Because of this, there is no available parking, so Paul and Judith dropped me off to take pictures then scooped me up again.
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