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GROVELY FOREST RIGHTS GREAT WISHFORD WILTSHIRE 1970s 1980s

The Grovely Forest Rights. Wishford Magna, Wiltshire 1974. The 		right to collect wood from the Grovely Forest is celebrated each year 	on 29 May outside Salisbury Cathedral by villagers from Wishford 	Magna who perform a dance carrying ‘nitches’, bundles of dried 	wood on their heads.<br />
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My ref 14/787/,1974
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1970s Grovely Forest Right Great Wishford Wiltshire UK
The Grovely Forest Rights. Wishford Magna, Wiltshire 1974. The right to collect wood from the Grovely Forest is celebrated each year on 29 May outside Salisbury Cathedral by villagers from Wishford Magna who perform a dance carrying ‘nitches’, bundles of dried wood on their heads.

My ref 14/787/,1974

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Date: 18 Jun 2015
Location: SALISBURY Wilt UK
Credit: Homer Sykes
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