Latest Images by Maurice Clements http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2009-12-02T14:23:46GMT text/html 2007-06-02T19:02:08GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.080647 -4.071424 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/452995 Opened on Wednesday 23rd May 2007, the new Taw Bridge will carry traffic around Barnstaple, thus avoiding heavy nose to tail traffic through the town. Construction was begun in February 2005 by Nuttalls Construction and thanks to generally good weather, was finished on target. text/html 2007-05-02T13:54:41GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 53.380804 -1.463431 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/420680 The oldest surviving domestic building in Sheffield. The use of the building as a pub only dates back to 1840 but the buildling itself was built in 1475. It is believed that the original building was a washouse. By 1800 it was being used as a residence and in 1840 was granted a licence to sell ale. text/html 2007-04-30T20:34:49GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 53.385187 -1.458715 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/418868 In the foreground is Sheffield Canal Basin/Victoria Quays, at the end of the Sheffield-Tinsley Canal. text/html 2007-01-25T21:02:46GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.080546 -4.077130 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/320717 Image taken from the Tarka Trail, looking upstream towards Barnstaple. text/html 2007-01-25T20:55:16GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.082256 -4.082061 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/320711 Image taken from the Tarka Trail on the north bank of the river, looking downstream (west) towards Penhill Marshes. text/html 2007-01-15T19:00:13GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.070720 -4.172329 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/312683 The coal fired power station was opened on the 21st August 1955. Fuel was obtained from coalmines in South Wales and transported across the Bristol Channel by ship to the jetty; seen in the background and which was specially constructed for the power station. Due to the closure of the mines in the 1980s, coal would have been too expensive to obtain from other parts of the country and therefore it was more economic to close the power station.The area is now a favourite place for walkers and birdwatchers. text/html 2006-12-01T19:04:48GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.077003 -4.124084 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/287529 text/html 2006-11-09T12:37:40GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.079026 -4.061357 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/275649 A Grade 1 listed building completed in 1713 as a merchant's exchange. Under the statue of Queen Anne in the centre is the Tome Stone, where bargains and deals were struck ("on the nail") in front of witnesses. The area in front of the walk was the site of "The Great Quay" in Elizabethan times and Barnstaple provided 5 ships against the Spanish Armada. Today the building houses the Barnstaple Heritage Centre and the area in front is inset with a mosaic depicting Barnstaple's history. text/html 2006-11-08T20:19:48GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.077204 -4.062704 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/275404 Built in 1888 on the site of Westacott's old shipyard. Shapland and Petter; high quality cabinet makers; started business in 1850 and, following a fire at their original Raleigh Works, moved to this site, where they still manufacture high quality specialist doors to this day. text/html 2006-10-31T19:31:09GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.075657 -4.048359 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/270535 Formerly the railway goods shed at the Great Western Railway, Victoria Road station yard, Barnstaple. This was the terminus of the Taunton to Barnstaple Railway which closed in the 1960`s.The building is now used as a church and community meeting hall.Behind the wall on the left were the railway cattle pens. text/html 2006-10-31T19:10:07GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.082595 -4.062944 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/270518 Brunswick Wharf belonged to Mr William Gould, a local builder and timber merchant.Here barges discharged sand and gravel dredged from the nearby Taw Estuary. Mr Gould's residence, "Northgate House", stood between the warehouse in the picture and North Walk/Rolle St. Until it closed in 1935, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway track ran between the warehouse and Northgate House and crossed Rolle St by a gate controlled crossing. text/html 2006-10-26T12:15:52GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 50.731632 -3.414061 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/267193 Flybe British Aerospace 146 being turned round for return to Spain. text/html 2006-10-25T19:24:08GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 50.941902 -4.135000 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/266875 House built in the 1780`s and gifted to the Royal Horticultural Society by Lady Anne Palmer in 1988.House set in 65 acres of gardens and woodlands. text/html 2006-10-25T13:52:51GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 50.642920 -3.460898 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/266693 The 600 year old home of the Earl of Devon and still lived in by the Courtney family today. The estate comprises approximately 3500 acres, which overlook the Exe estuary with about 3 miles of river foreshore. text/html 2006-10-25T12:07:07GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8108 Maurice Clements 51.123172 -3.723214 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/266665 Situated on an isolated hill overlooking the confluence of the River Barle with the Whitewater.This oval shaped fort is defended by a single stone rampart enclosing an area of about 3 acres.There are possibly two entrances, one on the south-east side and the other at the north-east.