Abbotts Ann - Present

Present

Today the village contains a village shop run by volunteers (which itself contains a post office - one of many recently threatened with closure), which achieved first prize in the Best Rural Retailer 2009 competition. There is also a parish church (St. Mary's), famous for its box pews and 49 virgin crowns. The village also has a village hall, a primary school, a playing field and a pub called the Eagle, as well as another well known pub in the neighbouring village of Little Ann, called the Poplar Farm Inn. The village is also home to one of the last remaining classic red phoneboxes left in England. The church displays the Maidens' garland, a funerary custom for deceased virgins which dates back from the 18th Century.

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