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2 unusual facts about East Harptree


Michael Pitman

When World War II began, Michael and his mother and brother lived in the village of East Harptree which was relatively safer from the threat of German bombs.

Strapwork

Strapwork became popular in England in the late 16th and 17th centuries as a form of plasterwork decorative moulding used particularly on ceilings, but also sculpted in stone for example around entrance doors, as at Misarden Park (1620), Gloucestershire, or on monumental sculpture, as on the frieze of the monument to Sir John Newton (d.1568), at East Harptree, Gloucestershire, and on that of Sir Gawen Carew (d.1575) in Exeter Cathedral.



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