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Herricks Walk c1900

Herricks Walk, at Dean Prior vicarage, in snow - from glass slide c 1900. Robert Herrick C17 poet was vicar of Dean Prior for long periods both sides of the Civil War. Robert Herrick 1591 - 1674 (Died at Dean Prior). Became vicar of Dean Prior in 1630 and it was here that he wrote some of his best work (Hesperides c1648 lyric poems printed). DRA 5189 DP 015