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stones just to the south east of its location. The expression "as different as chalk and cheese" is sometimes believed to refer to the land divided by
Hackpen Hill. The hill forms the boundary between the high chalk downs to the south of it and the clay cattle country to the north, where cheese is a
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The origin of the horse is uncertain, and is sometimes said to be the only 19th century white horse to have little of its history known. It is generally regarded that the horse was cut in 1838 by Henry
Eatwell, a parish clerk of Broad Hinton, assisted by a local pub landlord. It is said to
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product of the milk from the cattle, so the two areas "are as different as chalk and cheese." Hackpen White Horse was not the only hillside shape cut to commemorate Queen
Victoria; in 1887, for her
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stretches from there down to the horse, making the horse accessible to the public. Ironically, many real horses often roam the field. It has been suggested that the stones for
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campaign; this was achieved by covering the horse's shape with numerous red sheets and fabrics. The White Horse pub, located half a mile away in
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851:Categories
829:Y Mountain
610:Marree Man
600:Firle Corn
324:References
231:Pukka Pies
193:charity's
145:Westmeston
128:Stonehenge
113:A361 road
53:Wiltshire
782:Land art
777:Rock art
772:Geoglyph
583:Humanoid
524:Top Gear
245:See also
226:Top Gear
221:series 6
124:footpath
120:car park
819:The "P"
814:Block U
804:The "A"
217:Devizes
180:scoured
160:Swindon
132:Avebury
57:England
628:Horses
149:Sussex
136:sarsen
709:Other
438:4 May
109:chalk
37:horse
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