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2024-03-28T21:15:41+00:00text/html2005-10-12T22:22:33+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt51.298834 -0.493887TQ0556 : Ripley High Street
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showing the Anchor pub and the church beyond. The Anchor was a favourite destination for a cycle outing from London from the 1870s. Unlike most such establishments, the Dibble sisters, Annie and Harriet, positively welcomed cyclists and it wasn't unusual to see two or three hundred bikes piled up outside. On Whit Sunday 1894 it is said that 20,000 cyclists passed through Kingston on their way to Ripley! In the Anchor there is a book containing signatures of famous cyclists who passed through, including H G Wells. There is a memorial window to the Dibble sisters in the church, subscribed to by the cycling fraternity.text/html2005-10-11T23:22:04+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt51.297092 -0.498248TQ0456 : The Portsmouth Road
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The Portsmouth Road, Ripley, looking south towards Burntcommon.text/html2005-10-11T22:54:43+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt51.289956 -0.502783TQ0455 : The Portsmouth Road
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The Portsmouth Road between Burntcommon and Ripley, looking north towards Ripley. This was the A3 until the Ripley bypass was built in the 1970s.text/html2005-10-11T22:43:24+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt51.291001 -0.514222TQ0355 : The Manor House
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The Manor House at Send Marsh, a 17th century red brick building of three storeys, overlooking the green.text/html2005-10-10T00:17:50+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt51.288449 -0.525777TQ0255 : Catholic church at Send
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The Catholic church of St William of York in Send Marsh Road, Send. William FitzHerbert, also called William of Thwayt, was appointed Archbishop of York in 1142. However, his appointment raised opposition and jealousy and he was suspended and then deposed in 1147. He was reinstated in 1153 but died within a few weeks, amidst suspicions that he was poisoned. He was canonised in 1227.text/html2005-10-08T22:44:01+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.897293 -1.473829SU3711 : Trotts Lane level crossing
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The level crossing takes Trotts Lane over the Fawley branch line. Opened as late as 1925, its main ue has always been for freight, notably to Esso's massive Fawley Refinery and to the Marchwood Military Port.text/html2005-10-08T22:10:39+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.821197 -1.555604SU3102 : Lymington River
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at the Mill Lane bridge, near Brockenhurst.text/html2005-10-08T22:06:19+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.817653 -1.569833SU3002 : North Lodge, Brockenhurst Park
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A mock French Renaissance style gatehouse to the Brockenhurst Park Estate, now let out as holiday accommodation. text/html2005-10-08T21:57:36+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.757252 -1.530691SZ3395 : Lymington Pier station
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The branch line from Brockenhurst terminates on the pier immediately adjacent to the ferry berth. The line is now run by two heritage electric 3-CIG trains dating from the 1960s.text/html2005-10-08T21:46:35+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.679393 -1.415408SZ4186 : Peacock!
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One of a pair of peacocks kept at Calbourne Water Mill.text/html2005-10-08T21:38:48+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.686274 -1.355869SZ4587 : Granary at Apesdown
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This old granary at Apesdown is built on staddlestones, the mushroom-shaped supports which were the traditional way of keeping rats and mice out of the harvested grain. Looking south from the road.text/html2005-10-08T21:26:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.688908 -1.344507SZ4687 : A welcome sight
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Many parts of the Island are surprisingly hilly and to a cyclist the summit of a 100 foot climb to the Blacksmiths Arms in less than half a mile is a welcome sight. Looking east towards Newport.text/html2005-10-08T21:19:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.685437 -1.367205SZ4487 : On the road to Newport
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The road to Newport passes through the rather gloomy Round Copse, near Swainston manor. text/html2005-10-08T21:15:43+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.676631 -1.402705SZ4286 : Winkle Street, Calbourne
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Winkle Street is one of the Isle of Wight's scenic attractions, with the tiny Caul Bourne (from which the village of Calbourne derives its name) running past the cottages.text/html2005-10-08T21:08:15+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/1811Ron Strutt50.685695 -1.416745SZ4187 : The Caul Bourne
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The bridge over the Caul Bourne at Newbridge. It is hard to believe that this small stream used to power no fewer than five water mills in its five mile course.