VILLAGE FOR SALE
LOVELY CASTLE COMBE Castle Combe, in Wiltshire, reputed to be the loveliest of all English villages, is for sale, complete with its manor house, two inns, three shops and ancient market cross. Tourists from all parts of the world have gazed upon it and marvelled; they remember it as their dream village, says the “Daily Mail.” No new building has been put up in Castie Combe for 300 years. When the Post Office decided to erect a telephone box, the 350 villagers protested, so it was hidden in a yard and camouflaged stone colour. The village’s two petrol Pumps are also discreetly tucked away. Now the owner of the estate can tear the burden of upkeep no longer, and hopes somebody will buy it and leave it to the nation. Meanwhile, the villagers have been assured that their homes are safe. They are protected by- statute and cannot be turned out, whatever happens.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25247, 28 July 1947, Page 2
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