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"Selling The Wife"
Delving into my archives again. Quaint little place not far from me which I rarely visit yet its lovely....a topsy turvey view of it, you can tell I'm short of shots at the moment! .
Knighton is rich in history with half-timbered houses, winding streets known locally as "The Narrows". There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back to the Stone Age but the current town is mostly medieval in origin.
Until the mid-1800s it was possible to obtain a divorce by "selling the wife" at the place where the clocktower now stands. The husband would bring his wife to the place at the end of a rope.
"Selling The Wife"
Delving into my archives again. Quaint little place not far from me which I rarely visit yet its lovely....a topsy turvey view of it, you can tell I'm short of shots at the moment! .
Knighton is rich in history with half-timbered houses, winding streets known locally as "The Narrows". There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back to the Stone Age but the current town is mostly medieval in origin.
Until the mid-1800s it was possible to obtain a divorce by "selling the wife" at the place where the clocktower now stands. The husband would bring his wife to the place at the end of a rope.