SK76 in Nottinghamshire
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Ossington
The village
The village is a planned estate village of the 19C. Since the 18C the Lords of the Manor have been the Denison family. (SLS)
The church and Ossington Hall Estate
Holy Rood Church is in the grounds of the Hall. It was built in 1782, in Classical style. The west tower has a dome, crowned by a little dome, at the top. The lower part has a screen of coupled Tuscan columns. There are monuments to the family of Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the power loom, and also to the Denisons, wool merchants from Leeds. The monument to William Denison has him holding a long poem, and the base has a relief with a ship, wool bales and a sheep. (Pevsner)The house was demolished in the 1950s, and only a remarkable pillar sundial remains. (SLS)
Ossington Hall was demolished in 1963, but Holy Rood church remains in splendid parkland. By Carr of York 1782-3 it is entirely classical in a mellow buff stone and contains monuments from an earlier church.
by Richard Croft
Ossington Hall was built in 1729, enlarged c1790 and demolished in 1963. These gates remain as grand entrance to the drive that now leads only to the parkland and Holy Rood church
by Richard Croft
Sutton-on-Trent
Looking along the village High Street past the Methodist chapel.
by Andrew Hill
All Saints Church is just outside the hectad, but I have bent the grid line to include it. It was well restored by Weir in 1932, leaving the architectural details much as they were before. The Mering Chapel of c.1525 has elaborately panelled battlements, and pinnacles on top of the buttresses. Inside it has an elaborate screen towards the aisle. (Pevsner)
On the south side of the chancel of All Saints' church, Sutton on Trent is the early 16th century Mering Chapel and the marble tomb of Sir William Mering and an ancient screen.
by Richard Croft
A small building set back a little near the western end of the village High Street.
by Andrew Hill
Brick tower mill of c1814, now a private house
by Richard Croft
Historic hostelry on the Old Great North Road
by Richard Croft
A mock Tudor Inn established when Sutton on Trent was on the Great North Road - now bypassed, the Old England Hotel is on a quiet village lane.
by Richard Croft
Weston
All Saints Church is generally of the 13C and 14C, and has a west tower with a slender 14C steeple. (Pevsner)
The OS map shows a moat near the B1164 to the west of the church.
This was a 20th century hotel on the Great North Road at Weston. At the time this photograph was taken it was closed and major structural work was in progress.
by Robert Goulden
The modern A1 is close by to the west. This is the old road north towards Tuxford, now classed as the B1164.
by Andrew Hill
This looks like a grain or crop storage and distribution centre.
by Andrew Hill
This lovely building started life as the Black Lion Inn on the Great North Road. After closure it became Scarthingmoor House and later Goosemoor Hall.
by Robert Goulden
The former Blue Bell Inn on the Great North Road at Weston
by Richard Croft
There are oil wells around here.
There are still a few manned crossings with gates on the main East Coast railway route, here is one example
by roger geach
Don't use this route to Grassthorpe if you are in a hurry! The sign on the crossing reads "GRASSTHORPE L.C. / CROSSING CLOSES NIGHTLY / 22:00 - 06:00". The reason for this is that the crossing is manually operated - drivers wait whilst the crossing operator phones for clearance and opens the gates - and there is no night shift. (Text by Toby Speight)
Images used on this page, © Copyright Richard Croft, Andrew Hill, roger geach, JThomas, Robert Goulden, Dave Bevis and James Hill;
licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons Licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/Great Britain 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster Mapping Extracts © Crown copyright Ordnance Survey. All Rights Reserved. Educational licence 100045616.
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