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

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 19th
1.

Church of St John The Evangelist
(off) Rothwell Lane
Oulton
Leeds

The buttresses on the spire always interest me

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101135676-church-of-st-john-the-evangelist-rothwell-ward

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6495705
From Aberford Road; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3857980

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 19th
2.

The Old Library
Marsh Street
Rothwell
Leeds

I remember this building with fondness
These are taken from an album, that is on public display, in the present Library

Its replacement; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/507317

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 19th
3.

BT junction box
Junction of Butcher Lane (where I'm waiting at traffic-lights), Marsh Street (left) & Carlton Lane (right)
Rothwell
Leeds

One of quite a few painted in the town

Looking in the opposite direction; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1561882

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 19th
4.


Bridge End Farm (as Geograph names it)
Stainton Lane
Carlton
Rothwell

When I was a kid, & up to my early 20s, I used to pass this building a lot
For whatever reason, it always piqued my interest. maybe it's the attached barn? (who knows?)

The last time I passed it, I'm fairly certain that it hadn't been rendered

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1561425

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Apologies, this is out of day/date order

Wednesday 16th

Kings Road Lock
(bottom of Lock Lane)
Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts

There's a stoppage, to inspect the chamber, & maybe(?) replace the Gates?
There's an open-day, on Saturday 3rd December, when the workshops at 'Stanley Ferry' can also be visited, replacement gates are built here!

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjo...tivals/2022-12-03-stanely-ferry-lock-open-day

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300977
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300929
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300888
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/957537

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...ngs-lock-at-se-373-244-normanton#.Y3k158fP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3511318


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It's roughly a half-mile from here, where last May, a truck-driver & his passenger had a miraculous escape
Their Scania left the M62, broke through the railings & plunged 30 foot partially into the 'A & C N C'
(this was westbound, between jcts 31 & 30)
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/m62-closed-near-normanton-after-20568508
Both survived

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 20th
1.

Heath Hall
Heath
Wakefield

It’s a ‘conservation village’, & almost every building in the village (barring the, stone-built, bus-stop) is a listed building (there are some Grade 1’s there!)

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101200238-heath-hall-warmfield-cum-heath#.Y3ovl-SnyEe

A brief description here; https://govisit-yorkshire.com/2019/03/20/heath/

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7285455

Just leaving home!
(I wish!)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 20th
2.

The Dower House
Heath
Wakefield

(to the immediate right of #1, as we look at them)

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101135585-the-dower-house-warmfield-cum-heath#.Y3ozEOSnyEc

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5832521

https://govisit-yorkshire.com/2019/03/20/heath/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 22nd

Apologies, this is out of day/date order

Wednesday 16th

Kings Road Lock
(bottom of Lock Lane)
Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts

There's a stoppage, to inspect the chamber, & maybe(?) replace the Gates?
There's an open-day, on Saturday 3rd December, when the workshops at 'Stanley Ferry' can also be visited, replacement gates are built here!

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjo...tivals/2022-12-03-stanely-ferry-lock-open-day

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300977
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300929
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2300888
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/957537

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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...ngs-lock-at-se-373-244-normanton#.Y3k158fP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3511318


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Kings Road Lock
(bottom of Lock Lane)
Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts

The ‘walkway’ over the Lock chamber is now accessible

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 29th
1

Englands
Furnishings & Ironmongers (built as)
MarketPlace
Pontefract

The present facade appeared in the late 1890s, replacing a very much more traditional design (seemingly similar to '2', from today)
They were, in the early parts of the 1900's, the only agent between Leeds & Doncaster that would deal with/sell petrol (in cans) due to fears over its volatile nature

As a link to cycling;
1. There was a self-built 'Pomfret' bicycle built/sold through them (early 1900s - 1920's?)
2. A member of the family was once the editor of the magazine, 'Cycling', which is still going strong as Cycling Weekly'

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...rket-place-pontefract-north-ward#.Y4X1lRTP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3682866

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 29th
2.


33 & 35 MarketPlace
Pontefract
Altered (vandalised?) ground floors
Jettied 2nd floor

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...rket-place-pontefract-north-ward#.Y4X2wxTP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2075118
Along the yard/passageway; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4416083

 

[Badger_Boom]

Tuesday 29th
1

Englands
Furnishings & Ironmongers (built as)
MarketPlace
Pontefract

The present facade appeared in the late 1890s, replacing a very much more traditional design (seemingly similar to '2', from today)
They were, in the early parts of the 1900's, the only agent between Leeds & Doncaster that would deal with/sell petrol (in cans) due to fears over its volatile nature

As a link to cycling;
1. There was a self-built 'Pomfret' bicycle built/sold through them (early 1900s - 1920's?)
2. A member of the family was once the editor of the magazine, 'Cycling', which is still going strong as Cycling Weekly'

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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...rket-place-pontefract-north-ward#.Y4X1lRTP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3682866

I can just about remember England’s before it was bought by Smiths. The 80s looking metal plates below the ground floor windows conceal more raised writing, although I can’t remember what it says.

The centre of Pontefract is a fascinating place. There are a lot of very old buildings hidden behind Georgian and Victorian facades.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I can just about remember England’s before it was bought by Smiths. The 80s looking metal plates below the ground floor windows conceal more raised writing, although I can’t remember what it says.

The centre of Pontefract is a fascinating place. There are a lot of very old buildings hidden behind Georgian and Victorian facades.

It is indeed

Boots, for example, replaced a 16th(?) century pub called ’The Star’

This writing??

 

[Badger_Boom]

It is indeed

Boots, for example, replaced a 16th(?) century pub called ’The Star’

This writing??

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Not sure about the first floor. I was thinking of beneath the sloping metal plates below the ground floor windows. The plates themselves have pleasingly 80's raised WH Smith text and logos.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 3rd
1.

St Georges Hospital Clock Tower
Wood Lane
Rothwell
Built as the Hunslet Union Workhouse

Trying for a 'Royal Crescent' look?

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...stgeorges-hospital-rothwell-ward#.Y4tDOMvP3IU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/507276

There's quite a lot about it here; https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hunslet/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 3rd
2.

Apologies, this is out of day/date order

Wednesday 16th

Kings Road Lock
(bottom of Lock Lane)
Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts

There's a stoppage, to inspect the chamber, & maybe(?) replace the Gates?
There's an open-day, on Saturday 3rd December, when the workshops at 'Stanley Ferry' can also be visited, replacement gates are built here!

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjo...tivals/2022-12-03-stanely-ferry-lock-open-day



View: https://www.facebook.com/events/458334356408673/?ref=newsfeed

I went, with the (like many) hope of getting into the workshops, BUT, as @Jameshow will doubtless agree, the 'ticketing scheme' was rather ambiguous, not stating that (when applying) that separate tickets were required to get into the workshops
Thus, there's no photographs of the old dry-dock, or anything
I'm not sure that anyone will want to see photographs of 18" square oak beams