View of the Torridge Valley at Taddiport UK with two restored 'leper fields', strips of land set aside for a nearby leper colony

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The Torridge Valley in North Devon, England. The two strips or ‘straps’ of land are remaining examples of medieval land culture, part of what were originally seven small fields preserved for cultivation by lepers whose hospital was located nearby in the village of Taddiport from the fourteenth century

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Size: 2838px × 4258px
Location: Torridge Valley, Great Torrington, North Devon, England
Photo credit: © pjhpix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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