Orchard at the end of Chapel Lane - a history

Description by Mickleton W.I. written in c. 1970:

Camera facing E.

Most of the Manor properties have these pleasant curved stone walls and we very much hope that we shall keep this one which encloses the orchard right in the centre of the village, an open space much valued.  Incidentally, the village pond used to be just here, at the end of Chapel Lane until 1869 when it was filled in.  (Vestry Minutes).

The sewage vent pipe and the nearby pole, with wires, do not enhance this view, and the siting of others in the village is equally appalling.