Archive for the ‘Parlington Estate’ Category
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The extreme winter conditions have had a toll on the roads and many buildings, however I was dismayed to discover that the Round Building in Parlington Park, classed as either a Deer Shelter, or Cattle Shelter according to the listing on English Heritage, had partly collapsed no doubt due to the movement caused by frost followed by thawing conditions. Hopefully it can be re-instated in the near future before it gets any worse. I have written about it previously, the design was by William Lindley, a Doncaster architect who trained under the famous Yorkshireman John Carr. Further information about the structure is on the Parlington History site here, about a third way down the page is a QuickTime VR 360° panorama taken inside the building late last year.
Tags: Deer Shelter, English Heritage, listed building, Round Building, William Lindley Architect
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
The temperature at 7:00 am today was around -5.0° and leaving the estate by car, the padlock securing the gates on the driveway was frozen, fortunately previous experience has taught me to have a warming device to hand, to free the mechanism. After a couple of minutes with my camping lighter, which is like a mini blowlamp, the lock mechanism freed up and I was able to open the gates and proceed beyond Narnia, which is how Parlington seems at this time of year, and over to Saxton. Passing by the Crooked Billet, on route, I noticed that the place looked decidedly undisturbed by visitors, perhaps it has closed down?
Tags: Crooked Billet, english wild life, Freezing Temperatures, Narnia, photo opportunity, rodents, Saxton, Sunrise, wild birds
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Manfrotto 303 SPH Panoramic Head
Over the last few years I have had many people ask me about producing panoramas of the various parts of the Parlington Estate, some to show on the Parlington history site other to offer for sale. I have decided to be more pro-active and take some of my photography to a new level and offer various items for sale. To this end I have invested in a Manfrotto Panoramic Head for producing multi row panoramas. These will be available on http://www.parlington.biz in the near future, generally in giclée print versions up to A2 size. I will also be adding some of my photos from other parts of the country in due course.
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Tags: Manfrotto 303SPH, Panoramic photos, QuickTime VR
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Moody view of the Triumphal Arch
Yesterday the post arrived and out of the blue was a large packet, with the words “Please Do Not Bend” emblazened across the top left corner. I had no idea what it could be as I was not expecting anything. So imagine my delight when I discovered that it contained a photograph from 1914 of Parlington being used as a hospital; a fact, hitherto unknown. I had often wondered what Parlington had been used for during the First World War, as numerous accounts had suggested that troops were here. However I had always taken it that the troops had camped in the area beside the driveway to the Triumphal Arch, and photographs verified this. The picture has now been added to the history site, here.
Tags: Photography, Triumphal Arch, World War One
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
This coming October, 4th-11th each day from 10:00am- 4:30pm, is an exhibition at Aberford Interiors featuring the paintings by the internationally acknowledged artist Anthony Christian. He and his wife Marian, enjoy a quiet and thoughtful existence in the grand old Gardens House, just up the hill from the site of the old hall. However, today’s produce is oil on canvas whereas in days gone by the Gardens house was renowned for the production of fresh produce for the Gascoigne table. Residing in such surroundings is a great nutrient to the creative juices and we are pleased to see his work on local landscapes being presented at an exhibition in the village. Of course Aberford has often been the subject of artistic endeavours the Almshouses once being used by local artist, Heather Walker. The windmill long since demolished on the hill above the road to Lotherton, was often the subject of artists, and the main street with the bridge over the Cock Beck has drawn the eye of amateur painters over the decades.
Tags: Aberford Interiors, Anthony Christian, local landscapes, Oil Painting
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
At this time of year, the sight of heavy farm combined harvester equipment rumbling across the fields, with a plume of dust behind is etched on my memory, I say memory because for the most part it has been three years since we have enjoyed a BBQ Summer, [Predicted by the Met Office, see my earlier post]. As I type its raining again and my plans to do dinner on the BBQ have been suspended [Friday 17:30pm].
Tags: Combine Harvester, Farming, Harvest
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Update 9th November Remembrance Sunday, Matilda returned at just after 11:00am following a two minute silence! Thank you.
Sadly our cat disappeared yesterday, she is called Matilda and is tortoiseshell colour, with white on her tummy. She is pictured here a couple of summers back in the garden. Normally she is in and out of the house throughout the day, but yesterday [5th November 2008] she was not seen after about 10.00am. She is a very loving and easygoing animal and is greatly missed by my wife and I. I pray she returns and has not met with some awful fate. It is very sad to loose a family pet, Matilda is not our first pet to have gone missing, but here at least we felt she was in ideal surroundings, virtually no traffic, plenty of space and always a warm spot near the fire in the winter, unlike the previous home. So if any readers are local and do spot her please get in touch,
Thanks
Tags: cat, missing
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The sudden arrival of three or four inches of snow prompted many people to get out their cameras this Easter, here are a few taken locally and a couple by a friend, who sent them by email.
Additional photos are available here: my dotmac account
The Triumphal Arch on the Parlington Estate
The former Almshouses
The gatehouse to the Almshouses.
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Tags: easter, snow, Triumphal Arch
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
For those who walk the picturesque route along Parlington Lane, you may have noticed that the lake which lies just beyond the Gamekeeper’s cottage, to the south east, has been emptied, to allow work to remove the build-up of sediment.
To ensure I had a record of the event I slipped along to take a few photos, which are available here. Whilst there I took some time to look at a pipe inlet which runs towards the Gamekeeper’s cottage, this was until work started, covered by a steel filter, which is shown in the collection of images associated with this post. I believe it was used for gas purification in the small gas works which stood adjacent to the cottage, the gas production was for Parlington Hall and probably ceased before or around the time the Hall was abandoned following the death of Col. F.C. Trench-Gascoigne in 1905.
Tags: Dredging, Excavations, Lake
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
During the Second World War the inhabitants of Aberford, contributed towards the cost of a Supermarine Spitfire and in June of 1941 an aircraft, a Mark Vb serial number: P8640 was delivered to RAF Brize Norton. A recent enquirer, Johnny Lyttle of Aberford asked if I knew anything about the aircraft.
Being off topic I had not pursued the history of the plane, however I recalled a picture of the plane in a book produced some years ago, titled “Aberford in Times Past” by A.G.Bennett, T. Hayton, K.Hewitt. The entry gave a serial number for the aircraft, so I passed this to Johnny with the suggestion that the MOD might be able to provide more information on the life of the plane. He took up the baton and has been successful in discovering some of the history of the aircraft.
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