The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 7th
1.

Church of St John The Baptist
Kirk Hammerton
(just south of the A59, between the A1 & York)
North Yorkshire

Taken through car windscreen, hence differing colour cast

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...hn-the-baptist-kirk-hammerton#google_vignette
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/247673

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 7th
2.

Village Hall
Old Church Green (junction of; Chapel Street, Church Street and Mill Lane)
Kirk Hammerton
(just south of the A59, between the A1 & York)
North Yorkshire

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1994219
https://www.kirkhammertonpc.org.uk/community-info-and-upcoming-events/village-hall

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 7th
3.

Hark To Mopsey
Wakefield Road
Woodhouse Hill
Normanton
Wakefield
(taken whilst walking the Dog)

This is the remaining 'Hunting Dog' pub in the town, the other (The Talbot*) was demolished a few years ago

The archway to the left gives access to where the stables would have been; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2735084
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/366350

*There is a 'Talbot & Falcon' still open in Wakefield, on NorthGate; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/654415
Talbot Street, where The Talbot was, still survives though!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

SWMBO, & myself, are staying here later this month, for a long weekend
Sea-view room too!!

Tuesday 31st
4.

Midland Hotel
Marine Road West
Morecambe
Lancashire

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We went in for something to eat
It’s not as grand as it was when we last ventured inside (2009), but still retains a glamorous air

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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101208988-midland-hotel-morecambe

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6906084

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 13th
1.

High Street
(north-western end, adjacent to CheapSide, & ASDA)
Normanton
Wakefield

It’s got to be a tribute to Sir Martin Frobisher
Elizabeth explorer/adventurer/‘pirate’

Quite a few local links (see ‘Legacy’)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/363098

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 13th
2.

Boundary Wall, to NewLands Park
(the private section of NewLands Hall estate)
From the 'Miners Path’
Altofts
Wakefield

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newland_with_Woodhouse_Moor

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/...as-established-by-a-13th-century-king-4104903

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 14th
1.

‘Miners Path’
From NewLands Lane, to Birkwood Road
(joining it opposite Carringtons Stables)
Altofts
Wakefield

It’s just south of this finger-post; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2762301

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 14th
2.

Gate-Post (or more?)
Public Footpath
Between the ‘Miners Path’ & Patience Lane
Altofts
Wakefield
Some locally hypothesise that it was a plague stone, due to the hollow in the top
However, there are 2 ‘drains’ from it, why let your (sterilising) vinegar run out?

My theory is that it was a boundary marker for the NewLands Estate
The top once held a stone ball, or maybe a Pineapple (symbol of wealth, once), like Heath Old Hall gate-pillars*

It's not marked on any of the NLS (uploaded) maps that I've looked at
If it did have such significance, it'd be marked on there?

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2034481

* Heath Old Hall gate-pillars are far more ornate; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5832530

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 14th
3.

‘Sunburst’ door

Spotted whilst walking Doris
Altofts
Wakefield

There can’t be many left, on none-Listed buildings?

 

[Gunk]

Sunday 14th
3,

‘Sunburst’ door

Spotted whilst walking Doris
Altofts
Wakefield

There can’t be many left, on none-Listed buildings?

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Another rare spot is an ex-council house with its original Crittal Windows.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 20th
1.

Eagle Press (as was)
Wood Street
Wakefield

For many years, this was a stationers/book-sellers on the ground floor
Upstairs was an alluring mixture of; Hornby/Britains farming models/artists supplies

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 20th
2.

The Chancery ('Chance')
Wood Street
Wakefield

One of the many closed pubs in the city, here is a book available, '100 Closed Pubs Of Wakefield'
(essentially within the city boundaries, not outlying towns/villages that now have a 'WF' postcode)

It wasn't one that I went in, I might have visited a couple of times, merely to see if a friend was in)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 20th
3.

The Cathedral (Church Of All-Saints)
KirkGate
Wakefield
As seen from Wood Street, with Bull-Ring (left at the traffic-lights), MaryGate (to the right), Cross Square (straight ahead, that leads to the Cathedral)

This used to be a bustling street, with shops that were constantly busy
Like most town/city centres now, it's a bit of a ghost-town

https://www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk/
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101258237-cathedral-church-of-all-saints-wakefield-north-ward
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1075648


As an aside; for anyone interested in railways, one previous Bishop Of Wakefield (post held 1968 - 1976) is well-known in that field
https://blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/eric-treacy-the-right-reverend-railway-photographer/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 27th

Here's a few taken en-route to/whilst at a weekend here

1.

Art Deco (no idea what it was built as/whom for)
Keighley Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 27th
2.

Low Road Bridge
River Lune
‘Crook O Lune’
Caton
Lancashire

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101071897-caton-lune-bridge-halton-with-aughton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4095517


And, the adjacent railway bridge

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...ver-lune-at-crook-of-lune-halton-with-aughton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5420673