Osmington nr. Weymouth The White Horse 1960s

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The White Horse, Osmington near Weymouth
• Publisher:  D. Constance, Littlehampton, Sussex
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words:  small number in corner

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Osmington White Horse is a hill figure sculpted in 1808 into the limestone Osmington hill just north of Weymouth called the South Dorset Downs, within the parish of Osmington.

The figure is of King George III, who regularly visited Weymouth, and made it 'the first resort', riding on his horse, and can be seen for miles around. It is 280 feet long and 323 feet high in size and is best viewed from the A353 road.

There is a legend that King George was offended that the figure was riding out of Weymouth — a sign that he was not welcome — and never returned