Basic statistics for shared descriptions
Overview
So far we have 9,171 Shared Descriptions, for 5,110 different squares; contributed by 153 users, over the course of 1,293 days.
These are used on 131,175 images; attached by 153 different users, over the course of 1,293 days.
A sample of recent shared descriptions RSS
Devon Colliery pump house :: NS8995
Built in 1865 for water pumping at the Devon Colliery, the main colliery of the Alloa Coal and Iron Co. The engine was a Cornish type beam engine, built in the... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 3 images
The Victoria Square dome, Belfast :: J3474
Some photographs showing the dome of the Victoria Square shopping centre.
By Albert Bridge.
Used on 8 images
Cobham Park :: TQ6969
Cobham Park is the estate of Cobham Hall. Cobham Hall was the former 17th-century home of the Earls of Darnley: its gardens were designed by Humphry Repton and the... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 27 images
Cockenzie Power Station :: NT3975
This is one of the series of large coal-fired power stations built around the UK in the 1950s and 60s.
The location was chosen to be close to the Lothian... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 14 images
Espedair Street :: NS4863
Espedair Street is the name of a 1987 novel by the late Scottish writer Iain Banks (1954 – 2013). Many of the events in the story took place here and on nearby... (more)
By Thomas Nugent.
Used on 14 images
The John Muir Way
This is a long distance path along the East Lothian coast between Musselburgh and Dunglass near Cockburnspath. It runs mainly close to the shore but with a few... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 3 images
Deepcut Flight Locks :: SU9256
Locks 15 -28 raise the Basingstoke Canal up on to the Surrey Heath. The locks have been restored and are now fully navigable.
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 15 images
Mitcham Common :: TQ2968
Mitcham Common or Seven Islands is 182 hectares of common land situated in South London. It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 2 images
A236 Road
The A236 is an A road in South London. It runs 5 miles from the Croydon Flyover in Central Croydon to the A24 at Collier's Wood. The A236 road travels across... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 4 images
Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)
Written by Brian Robert Marshall
This is an example of a species that was native to this part of the world until the last Ice Age about 120,000 years ago.... (more)
By Brian Robert Marshall.
Used on 3 images
Some active shared descriptions
Devon Colliery pump house :: NS8995
Built in 1865 for water pumping at the Devon Colliery, the main colliery of the Alloa Coal and Iron Co. The engine was a Cornish type beam engine, built in the... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 3 images
The Victoria Square dome, Belfast :: J3474
Some photographs showing the dome of the Victoria Square shopping centre.
By Albert Bridge.
Used on 13 images
Cobham Park :: TQ6969
Cobham Park is the estate of Cobham Hall. Cobham Hall was the former 17th-century home of the Earls of Darnley: its gardens were designed by Humphry Repton and the... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 27 images
Cockenzie Power Station :: NT3975
This is one of the series of large coal-fired power stations built around the UK in the 1950s and 60s.
The location was chosen to be close to the Lothian... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 14 images
Espedair Street :: NS4863
Espedair Street is the name of a 1987 novel by the late Scottish writer Iain Banks (1954 – 2013). Many of the events in the story took place here and on nearby... (more)
By Thomas Nugent.
Used on 14 images
The John Muir Way
This is a long distance path along the East Lothian coast between Musselburgh and Dunglass near Cockburnspath. It runs mainly close to the shore but with a few... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 3 images
Deepcut Flight Locks :: SU9256
Locks 15 -28 raise the Basingstoke Canal up on to the Surrey Heath. The locks have been restored and are now fully navigable.
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 15 images
A236 Road
The A236 is an A road in South London. It runs 5 miles from the Croydon Flyover in Central Croydon to the A24 at Collier's Wood. The A236 road travels across... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 4 images
Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)
Written by Brian Robert Marshall
This is an example of a species that was native to this part of the world until the last Ice Age about 120,000 years ago.... (more)
By Brian Robert Marshall.
Used on 3 images
Berwick Castle :: NT9953
Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish King David I.
Wikipedia:... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 4 images
A414 Road
The A414 runs 66 miles from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire to Maldon in Essex, via St Albans.
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A414
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 3 images
Three Forest Way
A 60 mile long route devised by the West Essex Group of the RA to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee. It links three Essex forests, although only... (more)
By Nigel Chadwick.
Used on 7 images
Wicklewood Mill :: TG0702
Wicklewood windmill is a mid 19th C towermill that was used to grind animal feed. It was modernised early in the 20th C with a steam engine (1904) and new iron... (more)
By Ashley Dace.
Used on 10 images
Newbattle Viaduct :: NT3264
Also called Lothianbridge Viaduct or Dalhousie Viaduct. Commenced in 1847, it was opened in 1849 as part of the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, part of the North... (more)
By Alan Murray-Rust.
Used on 4 images
Granite Way
The Granite Way is an 11-mile cycle route, most of it along the former railway line between Okehampton and Lydford, and opened in May 2002. It forms part of NCN27,... (more)
By Derek Harper.
Used on 33 images
