Different picture for today.

I took this picture this morning as I drove into the village.It does not have the interest that the pictures from Larry has, as we tend not to have isolated old buildings in England. It does have some interest, though. The highway was built about 2300 years ago, when the Romans first invaded Britain. It is part of the road they built linking the city of Lincoln with the city that became Sheffield.
The big house in the centre of the picture is 1 of our 2 manor houses, and was built in 1673 and has been in continuous occupation since, although not by the same family.The smaller house to right of centre ( behind the phone pole) was 3 houses built for farmworkers in about1750. They are now 1 house and home to a Massey-Ferguson 135, in showroom condition. Phil
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Great picture. Reminds me of a driving trip we took through England, Scotland, and Wales a number of years ago. We liked the villages, some with thatched roofs, and the countryside with the stone fences and sheep everywhere. The B&B's were great. Never did get comfortable driving on the left though. The people we met were wonderful and very helpful. Good memories.
 
Phil,

Beautiful old buildings - would love to see the interior architectural details. Amazing to ponder how old they truly are. Thanks for posting.

Would love to see more photos of Great Britain. Have you got any castle photos?
 
The village is called North Wheatley and we are in the north of Nottinghamshire, in the English Midlands. Sherwood Forest, where Robin Hood lived is about 10miles away, its a large ( by our standards ) oak forest, very popular with tourists. Wheatley means " Wheatfield ", there is a South Wheatley behind me in the picture. It has its own manor house which is difficult to photograph as a barn was built about 1780 in front of it. In North Wheatley we have no school, no shop, no phone box but we do have the pub. South Wheatley has the school, no phone box, no pub but has a shop in the old barn.
On a cold winter night, when we are all tucked up in bed, ther are about 500 of us between the 2 villages.
Mostly wheat, oilseed rape and barley is grown, although 2 of the local farmers grow strawberries for supermarkets.Very few agricultural workers live here, most people are retired or work in the nearby towns, Doncaster, Lincoln, Sheffield, Nottingham.
We don't have thatched roofs, our soil is heavy clay, good for bricks and tile roofs.Field boundaries are hedges, usually hawthorn. There are several contractors who make a part living from hedge cutting, but this is seasonal, as we are not allowed to cut hedges from February to July to allow wild birds to breed.
Very quiet and dull, but I get time to build my steam engines and help run one of the biggest tractor shows in England. Phil
 
The building in the background is not a castle, its one of our 2 churches. Put on the top of the hill so you had to look up to it and could praise the Lord at the same time. I think it dates from about1100ad, but not really sure, as I don't attend.
There is a much smaller Methodist chapel in the village. As most country churches here have very small attendances, ministers have to multi-task. The minister for our village also looks after at least 4 other parishes and services are held in all of the churches and chapels in rotation. This can make planning a wedding a complex job.
Incidetally, John and Charles Wesley, beginners of the non-conformist movement were born about 12 miles away, as were a number of the Pilgrim Fathers.Phil
 
Sweetfeet, sorry, I have no pictures of castles, I do have lots of pictures of tractors, although not as good as yours. It's one of those things,isn't it, we don't take pictures of castles because they are always there.I bet you probably would not go to Washington and take a picture of the White House. It is possible to buy professional pictures, of very high quality, of such monuments.Why waste film taking a picture?
Nottingham Castle is about 30 miles away, the Sheriff of Nottingham does not live there, it was torn down in the 19th centurey and rebuilt as a stately home and is now an art gallery,open to the public.We still have a Sheriff of Nottingham, it is an honorary position and someone is elected every year to the job, to open exhibitions, present prizes, etc.The difficulty arises every year, one of the necessary qualifications is the need to ride a horse in ceremonial parades. Nottingham is an industrial city, horses are rare, almost every year the new Sheriff has to have riding lessons!
Going back to our 2 manor houses in North and South Wheatley, as they are both private residences, interior pictures are not possible.
If I can remember to carry a camera in future, I will try to get pictures of more pieces of England to entertain you.Phil
 
Where I am sitting now, in 1673 Indians were eating buffalo they killed with spears and roasted over a campfire. Then to bed (ground) in a buffalo skin teepee.
 
Well, I came in late, but found your post most interesting! I have stated before, I learn more from posts such as this, than from school or geography books, because here we get the information first hand, not something that someone thinks we should see.
 

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