#PeopleOfTheStrand After the #Maypole by #JohnClarges was removed in 1713 another maypole emerged opposite #SomersetHouse where the drinking fountain is now located. In 1717, Sir #IsaacNewton bought the maypole from parishioners to erect it in #WansteadPark as part of the structure that supported a telescope, which was at the time the largest in Europe.
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