Discovering Bourne & Sleaford: Short Visit to Lincolnshire's Charming Towns
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Introducing Sutton Park - Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games venue
As Official Overlay Supporter to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, GL events UK is delighted to be providing temporary infrastructure at Sutton Park, which will host triathlon competition at Birmingham 2022.
Sutton Park was selected as the ideal venue for the Triathlon and Para Triathlon events with Powell’s Pool, the park and local roads providing the ideal topography required to host the three triathlon disciplines.
Located six miles north of the city centre, the park is a 2,400-acre national nature reserve and is one of the largest urban parks in Europe. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
At 28 acres, Powell’s Pool is the biggest of seven lakes at the park and was originally created in 1730.
The recreational use of Sutton Park started in the 19th century with two horse racing courses created while a 18-hole golf course was set up in 1889.
The park has open heathland, woodlands, seven lakes, wetlands, and marshes - each with its own rich variety of plants and wildlife, some rarely seen in the region. Cattle and wild ponies also graze on the land.
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A Car Journey - Grantham to Lincoln - at double speed.
Sped up to 200%, this is a car journey taking in Grantham through the cliff villages of Wellingore, Navenby, Boothby Graffoe, Harmston, Waddington and Bracebridge Heath, before entering Lincoln, with the sublime view of the Cathedral, escaping towards Burton Ridge at the North of the City.
Exploring Derelict RAF Nocton Hall Hospital (Guided Tour)
Big thankyou to all the support you all show me!!!
Today I explore the old Raf Nocton Hall Hospital FOR MY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!
I LOVED this explore!!!
The corridors are stunning!!
LINK TO THE TOUR!!
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Raf Nocton hospital night visit part 6.
Here is part 6 of 7 from our night visit to the old Raf Hospital site,as you will see it is a vast site hence 7 video's over 10 minutes long !
WINTERINGHAM: North Lincolnshire Parish #18 of 56
I’d never been to this area of North Lincolnshire before and if you haven’t either, I strongly recommend it. You’ll see why over the next four episodes. For now though, this one is approximately five miles from a wildfowl refuge on the River Humber and one mile from the a wildlife reserve. The village is in two distinct parts; the early core to the West is grouped around the church and is characterised by narrow, winding lanes.
The east of the village is much different, with a straight grid of medieval streets lying around Market Hill, High and Low Burgage, Back Lane and Ferry Lane. The two parts of the village are linked by West End, which has some attractive pattern-book Georgian townhouses. It was where Ermine Street, the major Roman road between London and Lincoln, terminated on the South bank of the Humber.
Travellers then crossed the river by way of a ferry or low-tide ford to Petuaria - which is now known as Brough - on the north bank, where Cade's Road continued on to York and Hadrian's Wall. A pre-Roman ridgeway, called Yarlesgate or Earlsgate, may have also resumed here on its route south and south-west towards the Midlands and South West England.
The village is not the only one locally with Winter in its name. Together with neighbouring Winterton to the South, it was possibly named after Wintra – the first King of Lindsey. The Domesday Book described it as a prosperous place with three mills, a fishery and a ferry. It became the seat of a branch of the Marmion family.
Now I’m led to believe that in more modern times, the locals of this place devised a song, which opens:
“Winteringham is a pretty place, It stands upon a hill. It has two chapels and a church, and Charlie Clayton’s Mill.”
Welcome to WINTERINGHAM.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of North Lincolnshire. There are 56. Here's the EIGHTEENTH one - Winteringham.
#Winteringham, #AdAbum, #Brough, #CadesRoad, #ErmineStreet, #SouthFerriby, #Easrlsgate, #NorthLincolnshire, #Scunthorpe, #HumberYawlClub, #RiverHumber, #MarketCharter, #Wintra, #Lincolnshire, #Parish,
Keviki Campsite:
Reads Island:
Haven Drain:
Winteringham Roman History:
GENUKI:
Winteringham Song:
Winteringham Parish Council:
Primary School:
Paths:
War Memorial:
The Bay Horse:
Spring House:
All Saints Church:
Demographics:
Zoopla:
PastDays:
Some of the following music tracks may appear in this video:
Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
The Keyhouse - Voices (H. Flunder)
The Keyhouse - Circles (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - Sun (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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And now an INSTAGRAM - @andythevillageidiot
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Birmingham ( England ) - A Traveller's Memoir
#England #Birmingham #Travelogue
Birmingham, located in the heart of England, is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom ????????.
Packed with history, arts and culture, this vibrant city was a global manufacturing powerhouse, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and was known in the Victorian era as the Workshop of the World.
It is the Birthplace of the Postage Stamp , ???? Lawn Tennis , ????Cadbury, Cluedo , Gas Light and the first working Steam Engine ????.
Rigsby Walk Alford, Lincolnshire
A very quite walk through a little woods nearby. Just outside Alford, Rigsby woods is a charming, beautiful and very relaxing place, where if on good day can be a extremely peaceful to go for wonder. Only downsides are extremely limited parking and can get really muddy at times during bad weather.
WHITTON: North Lincolnshire Parish #20 of 56
Here’s the most Northerly village in all of Lincolnshire, situated at the Northern termination of the Lincoln Cliff range of hills, about 3 miles below Trent Falls, where the River Trent meets the River Ouse to form the Humber. It’s known for an Apple Fest which takes place at both the village hall and the local church. Termed a harvest festival, it’s a bit of a highlight in these parts!
It was on the North Lindsey Light Railway, like it’s neighbours Winteringham and West Halton, hence why we have a street name here of Station Road. The railway company also built a pier on the River Humber which gave the Gainsborough to Hull packet steamer an additional calling point, utilised three times weekly
The village has a longer history than the railways. As a placename its suggested to be from Old English, referencing the masculine personal name Hwita. Ellert Ekwall theorised the name meant ‘White Island’ perhaps assuming wrongly that the ground was chalky. Whatever the case, the island part of the name seems to make sense. The settlement was situated on an island of dry land, projecting into the Humber Estuary, surrounded by former marshy ground
It may have originated at the time the Romans crossed the Humber northward in 71 AD; first as a military camp and then later as a Roman villa, overlooking the river. It’s believed to have had a temple a few yards to the East, where the Church now stands. It is possible it was a landing stage on the south bank for the Roman fort at Brough
The Humber has an island that takes its name from the village even though most of it belongs to the East Riding. That’s Whitton Island, named after WHITTON.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of North Lincolnshire. There are 56. Here's the TWENTIETH one - Whitton.
#Whitton, #Romans, #WhittonIsland, #StJohntheBaptist, #Winteringham, #WestHalton, #Northerly, #NorthLincolnshire, #Scunthorpe, #NatureReserve, #RiverHumber, #Estuary, #AppleFest, #Lincolnshire, #Parish,
Whitton Station:
View from Faxfleet:
Footpath:
Whitton Island:
War Memorial:
Bustimes:
Village Hall:
Demographics:
Zoopla:
Apple Fest:
PastDays:
Some of the following music tracks may appear in this video:
Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
The Keyhouse - Voices (H. Flunder)
The Keyhouse - Circles (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - Sun (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
I have me a Facebook page too!
And now an INSTAGRAM - @andythevillageidiot
Come and join The Village People! (Subscribers only!)
Please consider buying me a coffee to support the channel! The more I get the faster I'll get to your parish!
Nature & Park in Birmingham 2020
In moments when it is just me and nature, the best thing I can do is to sit and listen. I hear the birds chirp and the wind blow by, reminding me that there is more than loud sirens, tall buildings and taxis honking. The sounds of the city don’t compare to the peaceful silence that you find in nature.
The Olympic Torch passing thru LINCOLN 2012
The Olympic Torch
Passing thru
LINCOLN UK 2012
Urbex : St Johns Pauper Asylum Lincolnshire 2016
A visit to st johns asylum in lincolnshire unfortunately access wasn't possible from this location.The place is being redeveloped we did ask permission unfortunately we was told the usual health & safety blah blah.
Enjoy
Kingsbury UK Tour 3: St. Mary's Church
Kingsbury UK Tour Number 3: The Church of St. Mary in Winterborne Whitechurch. In the summer of 2011 a large group of Kingsbury family and relations toured the United Kingdom visiting many places that had significance to the Kingsbury family heritage and genealogy. This is the third stop on our UK adventure.
Many thanks go to Jenny Galuschka who volunteered her time and did a very good job showing us the church and teaching about its history!
Song credit for map/travel scene: Denny Schneidemesser - Morning Adventure
Blackroot Pool, Sutton Park, UK
Blackroot Pool was built in the 18th century with the primary aim of powering a watermill. The mill was initially used for leather dressing, but later became a water-powered saw mill.
Nocton Hall the cellars....
A look around the cellars and kitchen of the derelict Nocton Hall in lincolnshire....
Nocton Hall is a historic Grade II listed building in the village of Nocton, in Lincolnshire, England. Originally constructed for the Ellys family, it burnt down in 1834 and was rebuilt in 1841 for the first Earl of Ripon, who lived at the steward's house in Nocton while the house was being built. The US Army's 7th General Hospital was based at Nocton Hall during the Second World War.
The Nocton Hall Chestnut tree - October 2009.
There is a famous chestnut tree outside which is so old it needs wooden supports. It was planted by the fifth of King Henry VIII's wives, Katherine Howard on a visit to Nocton on 13 October 1541. They stayed with Thomas Wymbishe at a manor house where Nocton Priory stood later, both of which have no visible remains. This manor came into the ownership of the Towneley family of Lancashire from 1553 to 1661. Upon his death, it was inherited by Thomas' sister Francis, the wife of Sir Richard Towneley. It then followed the inheritance of the main Towneley Estate, until its sale by Richard Towneley (who was born there) to pay fines relating to the family's royalist support in the English Civil War.
In 1834 the hall suffered a fire and was rebuilt by Robert Hobart, Secretary of State (after whom the capital of Tasmania was named).
In 1940 with the outbreak of the Second World War it was taken over by the Air Ministry, remaining an RAF hospital until its closure in 1983.
In the mid 1980s Torrie Richardson bought Nocton Hall, the surrounding wood, woodland, grassland and cottages. Selling the cottages on for redevelopment allowed him to develop Nocton Hall as a Residential Home. Nocton Hall Residential home ran a summer fête for the village on their lawn and employed many local people. Torrie's son, Gary, took control of the business in the early 1990s. The home ran into difficulty and closed in the mid 1990s, and was sold by the receivers to new owners, Leda Properties of Oxford. Leda also bought the RAF Hospital site from the Ministry of Defence.
The North aspect of Nocton Hall - October 2009
While vacant there were many break-ins; fireplaces and the stair bannisters were stolen. It burnt down for a second time in the early hours of 24 October 2004, the fire reducing it to a shell. The investigation into the fire established that multiple fires had been set, but to date no one has been charged with arson.[1] Due to the extensive structural damage it will now likely need to be rebuilt, if the site is not redeveloped for another purpose. An adjacent geriatric nursing care two story building has also been severely damaged by vandals since it was left vacant.
In October 2009 Nocton Hall was listed in The Victorian Society top 10 endangered buildings list in England and Wales. During the subsequent BBC Look North investigation it came to light that Leda Properties intended to put forward new development plans in 'the near future' for both the adjacent former RAF Hospital, Nocton Hall and associated gardens. As the Hall is Grade II listed and retains its major structural integrity the Society believes there is still a viable future for the building. Enthusiasts are currently campaigning at a local and national level to ensure immediate steps are taken to stabilise the structure and prevent further damage from the elements.
Loads of Sheds on the Sutton Park Freight Only Line
I like to go to this Sutton Park Line in the winter months to film some freight trains as its nice and peaceful except when the trains pass, and you can see the line as there are no leafs on the trees.
(This was filmed over 2.5 hours on a afternoon)
3 bedroom Terraced for sale on Norwich Norfolk Norwich, NR2 4JL By Abbotts Countrywide
A well presented Victorian terrace home situated to the West of the City centre. Two reception rooms, nice kitchen and downstairs shower room. Two bedrooms and a box room. Enclosed rear garden and offered with NO CHAIN. DESCRIPTION Adelaide Street is west of Norwich, the area offers a range of schools, shops and has a health centre and has an easy access to the City centre. The property is a Victorian terrace house and offers two reception rooms, kitchen, shower room, two bedrooms and a box room to the first floor. Benefits from gas fired central heating and enclsoed rear garden. No chain. ENTRANCE Door to front with window to front, wood effect vinyl floor and radiator. DINING ROOM Window to rear, stairs to first floor, radiator and doors leading to: CELLAR Brick floor and brick steps. KITCHEN Window to side, one and quarter bowl sink with single drainer, built in hob and oven with extractor hood over, inset spot lights, tiled splashbacks and tiled floor. LOBBY Door to rear garden, door to shed and window to side. SHOWER ROOM Comprises WC, wash hand basin, shower cubicle, half tiled walls, radiator and tiled floor. LANDING Doors to: MASTER BEDROOM Window to front, radiator, cast iron fireplace and buil in cupboard. BEDROOM TWO Window to rear, radiator and door to: BOX ROOM Window to side and radiator. OUTSIDE At the front of the property there is a garden area. The rear is enclosed with gravel and gate to rear.
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Walk through Marks Hall Woodland, Essex
Walk through Marks Hall Woodland, Essex
Sutton Park Movie
A Short view of Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Park Line - May 2022
0:00 70014 on 6G65 Earles Sidings (Hope) to Walsall Freight Terminal (13.05.22).
0:40 67016 on 5Z32 Wembley European Freight Operations Centre to Burton OT Wetmore Sidings (16.05.22).
1:13 66200+66206+66118 working Toton to Bescot (13.05.22).
1:38 66125 on a Southampton to Masborough intermodal (13.05.22).
2:16 66717 on 6M42 Avonmouth Hanson to Penyffordd Cement (16.05.22).
2:36 66747+66735+66714 on 6D44 Bescot to Toton (16.05.22).
3:14 Ukraine flag liveried 66708 working 6D44 Bescot to Toton (13.05.22).