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These cows were clearly keen to have their picture taken as they came... (more)

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The view from Park Lane. Seconds after this view was taken the view was... (more)

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The year appears to have been added as an afterthought! This is quite an... (more)

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These are very early examples of slate gravestones, and show a style that... (more)

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View of the west front.

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The church is accessed via a farm track.

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This appears to be the last functioning farm in the village.

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To the left the barns of the former Old Hall Farm, now converted to residential use.

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Lined up alongside the village street.

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VR wall box inserted in the wall of a barn. The village is too small to... (more)

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A sparse service, with just 3 journeys daily to Nottingham, and 2... (more)

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An 18th century farmhouse, later remodelled, built in the typical thin... (more)

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Bovine bucolics in the Vale of Belvoir.

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The houses are largely conversions of former farmsteads to residential... (more)

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Seen from the crossroads at the entrance to the village.

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Looking towards Blue Hill. Former ridge and furrow used as grazing land.

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Showing vestiges of ridge and furrow cultivation.

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The depressions are the fishponds from which the wood gets its name. It... (more)

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This is currently being regenerated as a 17th century garden and... (more)

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This is currently being regenerated as a 17th century garden and... (more)

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With Fishpond Cottage and Fishpond Wood to the left.

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The canal is significantly widened at this point, possibly to provide a... (more)

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Probably the original cottages, but clearly subject to substantial... (more)

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At the Swab's Lane/Park Lane crossroads.

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A good example of a modernised Nottinghamshire cast fingerpost, complete with ring top.

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Park Lane crosses Swab's Lane at this point.

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This is an original milepost, evidenced by the fact that it is Listed Grade II.

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This is presumably a replacement milestone, as it is not Listed, as are... (more)

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Seen from the Grantham Canal towpath.

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The canal just cuts across the south west corner of the gridsquare.

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At this point the canal just nicks the north west corner of the gridsquare.

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Three different styles are shown here, with the skeletons of a dutch barn... (more)

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A late afternoon of brilliant sunshine and heavy showers across the Vale... (more)

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A narrow band of woodland alongside the unnamed stream emanating from Owthorpe.

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Frankly, the house seems perfectly normal, although the farm is no longer... (more)

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This is an original milepost, evidenced by the fact that it is Listed Grade II.

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Owthorpe Road crosses the Grantham Canal next to Oddhouse Farm. This is... (more)

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On the reach to the south of Colston Bridge.

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Does the name derive from the Blue Lias limestone found in the vicinity?... (more)

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Seen from the current end of the footpath to Cotgrave. The distant... (more)

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Despite the level of the road being well above the canal, the bridge... (more)

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Looking east to Blue Hill.

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Walking up Blue Hill along the footpath

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The cutting through the shoulder of Blue Hill is one of the few points... (more)

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Looking down from the edge of Cropwell Wolds.

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Leading from Blue Hill towards the village of Cropwell Bishop.

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Looking from Blue Hill towards Cropwell Bishop. The hedge to the right... (more)

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Carrying Owthorpe lane over the reconstructed A46. The slip road ahead is... (more)

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Hazy in the afternoon sunlight.

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The public footpath runs through the farmyard.

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