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title: Vicars' Close, Wells
author: Viktorija
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Vicars' Close, Wells
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15625.jpg)
## Image Caption
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/), is claimed to be the oldest residential street with original buildings surviving intact in [Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/europe/) from the mid-14th century.
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