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Old 4th Aug 2004, 11:22
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There are many white horses in Wiltshire (http://wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk/ ) - the ones at Pewsey and Alton Barnes I used to see regularly when I loved out there. Also one (very famous) at Uffington in Oxfordshire - which I think is the oldest in Britain.

The regimental crests on the way to Compton Abbas are at Fovant, and date to the WW1 Pals regiments.

There's a chalk cross at Dunsmore, which is a hill to the SW of Aylesbury I think (somewhere near Wendover). There was a bomber crash there during WW2, although I'm not sure if the two are connected.

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