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Malmesbury BB95_10457
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Date: 25th October 2007
Source: Historic England
Credit: Historic England Archive
Source: English Heritage Images
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Malmesbury BB95_10457
MARKET SQUARE, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins. The abbey was the setting for mans first flight attempt in the form of a monk named Elmer who threw himself from the abbey tower and subsequently broke both his legs in c. 1000. Photographed in 1864 by W Hanks
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