Category: Small Pieces of History
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Links Oldest In England
Small Pieces of History Sharing the golf course with with sheep, ponies and walkers the Royal North Devon Golf Club at Westward Ho! founded in 1864 is the oldest golf course in England. Located on Northam Burrows a Site of Special Scientific Interest is common land. The golf course is as tough as any of…
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Once Upon A Time Chocolate
Small Pieces of History Somerdale factory was once the home of chocolate manufacturing at Keynsham for such delights as Fry’s Chocolate Cream, the Double Decker, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Buttons, Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs, Cadbury’s Fudge, Chomp, Crunchie and Curly Whirly. On this site since 1923 production ceased in 2010 and along with it went…
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One of The Last Examples
Small Pieces of History Manufactured around 1904 one of the last remaining rail mounted self propelled steam cranes built by Stothert and Pitt in the City of Bath. Stothert and Pitt cranes can also be found on the Heritage dockside by the M Shed in Bristol
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Parish Boundary Markers
Small Pieces of History Make you way to Upper Borough Walls in Bath and there are a number of places where you can see these letters etched into the walls of the buildings. A small piece of history in plain sight as you raise your gaze upwards. These are parish boundary markers indicating the area…
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The Bristol Coal Field
Small Pieces of History Industrial archaeology is a reminder of what went before the area was redeveloped as a 1990’s housing development. This structure formed part of the engine house and contained the winding gear for the pit cage that lowered the miners deep underground to the coal face in one of the Bristol coal…
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