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  • St Teilo's Church, Llanddowror
    Nonconformist Chapels in Wales
    Article by Robin Drayton, with 27425 words, 1,136 images and viewed 11,500 times. Updated 4 days ago.
    ... pulpit, representing the predominant emphasis on preaching the word of God. Source of quotation and more ... and benefactor. 5075558 text={description}] 463001 text={description}] 6280069 text={description}] 1934239 text={description}] 3754511 text={description}] ~~~~~~~17th Century 17th ...
  • Path in Arabella Croft Woodlands
    Woodland of the Black Isle
    Article by Julian Paren, with 3276 words, 140 images and viewed 2,923 times. Updated 7 days ago.
    ... is dominated by three fs, farmland, firths and forest. In Scotland the word forest signifies a vast tract of countryside; this is usually moorland, sometimes ... from which the image was taken, the date of the image and descriptive keywords to help search through the Geograph database of over 7 million ...
  • Entrance to the abattoir and Westerleigh Railhead
    Descriptive words on OS maps
    Article by David Hawgood, with 19704 words, 1,670 images and viewed 21,751 times. Updated 24 days ago.
    ... the Geograph discussion forum we are collecting examples of as many descriptive words as possible used on Ordnance Survey maps, and we want ... animals, from Scandinavian | | Punting | 7110309 | on 25K, T | Generic words on Ordnance Survey maps, not proper names | Descriptive words on OS maps
  • Chimney of Kingsnorth Power Station
    Examples of Ordnance Survey Abbreviations
    Article by David Hawgood, with 3110 words, 127 images and viewed 57,099 times. Updated 1 months ago.
    ... table of abbreviations in the book "Ordnance Survey Maps - a descriptive manual" by JB Harley, published by Ordnance Survey in 1975. ... P at SZ6296 on 50K | | Ferry V | Ferry - Vehicular | | X | 775297 | Wording Ferry V at SZ3591 on 50K | -------- -------- * Abbreviation | Expansion | 25K | 50K | ...
  • The Pirate Ship enters Bridlington Harbour
    A coastal odyssey from Bridlington to Broughty Ferry
    Article by Oliver Dixon, with 8509 words, 613 images and viewed 5,098 times. Updated 3 months ago.
    ... can click on any photograph to enlarge it and read an extended description. Part 1 - Bridlington to Filey Brigg [img=https://media.geograph ... housing surrounds the old Market Dock.] 6332750 text="The Word", National Centre for the Written Word.] 6332686 text=The "Steamboat", characterful pub in old ...
  • Water lily house, Kew Gardens
    Ordnance Survey 50K Map Symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 676 words, 8 images and viewed 130,308 times. Updated 10 months ago.
    ... , added here for reference. We also have an article listing descriptive words on OS maps - see descriptive words . Articles for types of symbol Links will be added here ...
  • Stac an Armin, Stac Lee and Boreray, St Kilda
    St Kilda and Rockall
    Article by David Purchase, with 3298 words, 82 images and viewed 1,508 times. Updated 13 months ago.
    ... Kilda. But the name probably derives from Hiort, a Norse word meaning ‘warrior’. The photo above will show just how appropriate ... visible. It looks a very serious proposition. 1264984 text={description}] 6892463 text={description}] 4575509 text={description}] Dun 'NF 10 97' Bioda Mor, 178m: ...
  • The top of Carman Hill
    Carman Hill
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 21343 words, 212 images and viewed 6,354 times. Updated 13 months ago.
    ... discussions more easily, even when skimming the text. A more straightforward description of the physical landscape and its features begins on the second page ... elements "cair" (fort) and "main" (stone). In this context, the word "British" means that the place-name was coined in a Brittonic language ...
  • Entrance to Letham Glen
    Letham Glen, Leven
    Article by Bill Kasman, with 947 words, 86 images and viewed 1,259 times. Updated 20 months ago.
    ... old Scots word for ... description}] 6148088 text={description}] 6148092 text={description}] 6148096 text={description}] 5772709 text={description}] 5772724 text={description}] 5772740 text={description}] 6141438 text={description}] 6141471 text={description}] 6141478 text={description ...
  • Beside the River Leven at Pillanflatt
    The location of Pillanflatt Farm
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 5518 words, 17 images and viewed 1,732 times. Updated 22 months ago.
    ... spelled "holme", is a low, flat riverside meadow, suitable for grazing. That description is still accurate. [br/] ------------ | 5911911 | 5839496 | (left) "sandy": most ... , there was a turntable above the left-hand end of the word "Dumbarton": the little locomotive, known locally as the Pug, was ...
  • Typefaces on Ordnance Survey 1:50K and 1:25K maps
    Article by David Hawgood, with 1245 words and viewed 2,010 times. Updated 24 months ago.
    ... , 6 point Some 6 point and 8 point words are in a different typeface, note curly tail ... which is also in "Ordnance Survey Maps - a Descriptive Manual" by J B Harley (Ordnance Survey, Southampton, ... A note about recent larger scale digital mapping. Description and access see OS Data Hub. A paper ...
  • Forest on Beinn Ghulean
    Vegetation - OS 25K map symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 485 words, 12 images and viewed 13,794 times. Updated 26 months ago.
    ... - see Land feature symbols on 50K maps for our examples of them. -------- *| Description | Symbol | Photo | Notes | | Coniferous trees | [img=https://media.geograph ... adjacent to boundary symbol | 1143221 | Map link The example has the word "sycamore"by the dots of a parish boundary. There are "oak ...
  • Site of Mains of Cardross Farm
    Mains of Cardross and Castle Hill
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 7303 words, 22 images and viewed 1,981 times. Updated 27 months ago.
    ... of little importance, but that the inscription on it should be carefully worded.   ------------ | [hr/]Since I elsewhere provide biographical details about Dr ... name Mains of Cardross itself seems to be a continuation of the description "manerium de Cardross" that is found in the Great Chamberlain' ...
  • Norwich Castle
    Norwich Remembers
    Article by Adrian S Pye, with 2577 words, 191 images and viewed 2,951 times. Updated 27 months ago.
    ... relevant to the history of Norwich. Below are 130 memorials of various description and style, but almost every one honours someone whose life was cut ... today." "Go stranger tell our people we lie here having obeyed their word" "Will some kind hand in that far off land, place on his ...
  • Remains of a timber pond
    Dumbarton Rock and Castle
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 5818 words, 83 images and viewed 8,033 times. Updated 28 months ago.
    ... " in Clōtā was long; by the rules of Greek accentuation, the word would have been written Κλῶτα, with a circumflex, if the final "α" was short ... "smooth stream". However, that explanation is long out of date; see my description of the River Leven, and its footnotes, for further details and relevant ...
  • Folly - St Johns Park
    OS 25K map symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 293 words and viewed 15,065 times. Updated 30 months ago.
    ... without charge or specific licence. We also have articles listing abbreviations and descriptive words. See OS 50K map symbols for links to these. Articles for types ...
  • Greenock Cemetery
    Greenock Cemetery
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 3562 words, 88 images and viewed 9,460 times. Updated 38 months ago.
    ... The reason given was that they would impede access: in the words of the original Feu Contract, "no head stones were to ... is interesting in itself, its original conception was far grander (see the description accompanying the photograph): [br/] ------------ | 3016753 | 3016925 | 5958247 | (left) ...
  • M6 motorway beyond junction 2
    Roads and paths - OS 25K map symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 731 words, 19 images and viewed 28,631 times. Updated 44 months ago.
    ... and path symbols on 50K maps for our examples of the latter. -------- *| Description | Symbol | Photo | Notes | | Motorway | [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/ ... 1792044 1785776 | The upper photo is a vehicle ferry, just shown with word "Ferry" on 25K map Map link. The lower photo is a passenger ...
  • Dumbarton Prison: entrance portico
    Dumbarton Prison
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 12090 words, 25 images and viewed 1,261 times. Updated 54 months ago.
    ... difficultie gat the same fra him efter he had receavit mony injurious words of the said Wᵐ. The said Wᵐ being accusit, acknowledgit ... net making, teasing hair, teasing oakum, knitting, sewing, tailoring, &c. All description of prisoners, who wish it, are instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic ...
  • Ancient trackway
    Relics of the limestone industry on Dumbarton Muir
    Article by Lairich Rig, with 18239 words, 147 images and viewed 3,406 times. Updated 58 months ago.
    ... sense of the reports: the positions are badly wrong, but the descriptions are otherwise accurate. I have discussed this subject here at considerable length ... that underlies the more modern marker cairn on the hilltop. The wording of the charter does not really lend support to either interpretation; ...
  • U-shaped corrie on east side of Arkle
    Collaborative Landforms Gallery
    Article by Barry Hunter, with 6982 words, 753 images and viewed 9,280 times. Updated 62 months ago.
    Collection of photos illistrating various landforms noted in Wikipedia articles... (more)
  • Baby strollers on Ashridge footpath
    Rights of Way and Access - OS 25K map symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 1192 words, 30 images and viewed 27,405 times. Updated 75 months ago.
    ... OS25K PROW Restricted byway] | 1826939 | Map link | -------- Other Public Access -------- *| Description | Symbol | Photo | Map link and notes | | Other route with public access ... OS25K OPA Danger area] | 1173423 | Map link; this link shows words on the map, the next shows boundary on the map. | | ...
  • Old Town Church
    General features - OS 25k map symbols
    Article by David Hawgood, with 1127 words, 30 images and viewed 24,858 times. Updated 75 months ago.
    ... the map does not correspond with the title and description for the photo. Usually there is wording on the map to indicate the type of pit ... . Contour lines are generally omitted in the area of a working pit. -------- *| Description | Symbol ...
  • Pinfold Guest House, Dewsbury Road, Upper Edge, Fixby
    Rastrick - Calderdale District - West Yorkshire - Part 1
    Article by Humphrey Bolton, with 6655 words, 126 images and viewed 13,182 times. Updated 75 months ago.
    ... of the geography and history of Rastrick, and then starts a detailed description divided into sections based on the grid squares and illustrated by the ... Elland (Clough Lane). Slade means a valley, usually narrow, (the Old English word slęd). csq 47 SE134207 189998 Starting at the junction with the ...
  • Kent County Council Sign
    Kent Village Signs
    Article by David Anstiss, with 6085 words, 271 images and viewed 14,802 times. Updated 75 months ago.
    ... 620041 . Appledore TQ955298 1915401 text={description}] Barham TR207500 1778132 text={description}] Barming TQ72435449 2779837 text={description}] See also 2779830 , for positioning ... representing the iron works of the area. The word Groombridge forming a bridge over the Grom and a ...
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