Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
On the small green in front of the church in Llangan
Please be seated.
- Thread starter Ian H
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FrothNinja
Veteran
You had sunshine!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
This was three weeks back, and I was glad the trains were running
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
A bench in Hertfordshire overlooking Cambridgeshire to the north. Chalky ridge that extends into the Chilterns
FrothNinja
Veteran
Is that a putting green behind the trees?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
A tee off rather than putting green
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
That bench looks well used, from the worn area in front of it. And I like the gate, sitting there in isolation
deuxfois
Well-Known Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Sandal Castle - Wakefield on the right horizon -
- and letting it all out on the khazi at Jorvik Museum in York -
- and letting it all out on the khazi at Jorvik Museum in York -
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
A niche cut into sandstone. I don't know why.
FrothNinja
Veteran
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I don't know. It's not near a church. It's weird, a niche cut into the rock on a lane with nothing much nearby.
It is next to a mill pond. The lane is "Furnace Lane" so maybe there was some industry there at some time. It's on the lane that runs along the north side of the pond here. It's near the Ashdown Forest and there used to be iron industry there up until the 17th century. Maybe something to do with that.
FrothNinja
Veteran
A coffin rest would either be really quite close to a burial ground or it could be a good few miles from a consecrated burial ground, probably about half to the parish church from a smaller settlement. S'pose it could be a flash bus stop or milk stop (in the days of urns).
I've just had a Google along the lane. It looks an old route and heads into Cowden which has an ancient church and would probably have been nearest. On Google if I zoom in it looks hand chiselled so probably C19 at the newest. It has been repaired a few times but I would guess, in very broad terms, it is Post Medieval. Near the ponds so might of been to keep things cool
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