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SK0704 : View across fields towards northern Stonnall
SK0704 : Shepherds Farmhouse on Lynn Lane
A late 18th century brick-built farmhouse, which was later rendered (probably 19th century) and Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1374265 & https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101374265-shepherds-farmhouse-shenstone in 1988.
SU6506 : A sound I cannot resist
Walking down Pasteur Road towards QA Hospital I heard that unmistakeable sound: a Sunday League football match. In Portsmouth, always played in the morning and everyone in the pub for an afternoon session!
SU7013 : Looking from Enterprise Road into London Road
With the A3 (M) above
SU7013 : Looking north in Enterprise Road
SU7013 : Looking south in Enterprise Road
SU7423 : The day is dull- witha splash of orange
Petersfield Market, February 2025
SH7977 : Signs at Conway Road substation, Llandudno Junction
See also: [[7972298]]
SU7423 : A dull start to the day in Lavant Street
SP5106 : Sheldonian Emperors, Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford
These are three of the 13 carved stone heads that sit atop stone piers outside the Sheldonian Theatre. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2920313 There are a further four heads on piers outside the History of Science Museum next door. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6078410 Historic England refers to the 13 heads outside the Sheldonian Theatre as ‘the Caesars’ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1369353 and the four heads outside the museum as ‘giant heads of the Caesars’. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1299669 On the other hand, the University of Oxford refers to the ‘Sheldonian Emperors’ and the ‘Broad Street Heads’, https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/landscape/projects/heritageheads/index.html the latter presumably for the entire group of seventeen heads. The heads and their stone piers, the wall and railings outside the Sheldonian Theatre comprise a group that has had Grade I listed building status since 1972. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1369353 The Sheldonian Theatre itself has had Grade I listed building status since 1954. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1047350 An interesting history of the Broad Street Heads, prepared by the university’s School of Geography and the Environment, is available online. https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/landscape/projects/heritageheads/index.html
SU7423 : In Petersfield- surely not?
My mother's neighbour said a new sex shop had opened in Lavant Street. So, six decades on from the 'Swinging Sixties', has Petersfield gone permissive. On closer inspection, the House of Boo In Lavant Street offers an SFX artist. Ah, attention to detail: always my downfall...
SK4253 : Old Milepost by the B6019, Church Street, Somercotes
Cast iron post by the B6019, in parish of ALFRETON (AMBER VALLEY District), Church Street, in front of low brick wall on North East side of road. Swanwick iron casting, erected by the Nottingham & Newhaven (1st District) turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : NOTT M 14 / MILES : : ALFRETON / PARISH : : ALFR N / 2 / MILES : Milestone Society National ID: DE_NTAF14.
TQ1896 : Public footpath Elstree & Borehamwood 057
From Allum Lane to the northern parts of Borehamwood.
SO7262 : The River Teme at New Mill Bridge
The bridge was rebuilt and dates from 1931, it carries a road across the River Teme linking Shelsley Beauchamp and Shelsley Walsh.
NO4521 : Benchmark on #2 Main Street, Leuchars
Ordnance Survey benchmark, described on database at https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm146148. See also [[[7971082]]].