Congleton #4 - Cheshire, UK.
N 53° 09.841 W 002° 12.872
30U E 552512 N 5890804
A lucky 7 with a tally of 14 located along Swan Bank, Mill Street and Cross Street in Congleton.
Waymark Code: WM144DA
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/12/2021
Views: 3
Congleton is a market town located about half way between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal in the Dane Valley in south east Cheshire.
The town has a bustling shopping centre, its own theatre many historic buildings and a fantastic park.
Congleton is well known for its festivals, flowers, ribbons, beers and bears! and is known locally as 'Beartown'. In the 1620s Congleton became notorious when bear-baiting and cockfighting were popular sports. When the old bear became ill and died just before the Wakes the town lacked the money to pay for a new, more aggressive bear. Legend has it that Congleton used the money it had saved to buy a new Bible to pay for a new bear instead. This earned the town the nickname 'Beartown'. Source: visit link
These are the waymarks that are included in this lucky 7.
2. Buildings > Religious Buildings > WM12VCK > Congleton Pentecostal Church
3. Business > Food and Drink > Pubs and Inns > WM122Y1 > Bulls Head
4. Culture > Etched in Stone > WM123BR > Proverbs 22:1 - Memorial Plaque
5. Entertainment > Movie Projection > Vintage Movie Theaters > WM1238B > Electric Picture Theatre
8. Monuments > Citizen Memorials > WM1237Z > Horace Lawton Esq
12. Signs > Ghost Signs > WM123BM > Jacksons Hercules Cycles
14. Technology > Fabrication > Barber Poles > WM124AH > Top Cut Barbershop