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Gloucestershire / Re: Cherry garden lane bitton.
« on: Wednesday 15 February 23 21:46 GMT (UK)  »
The original post says the OPPOSITE end of Cherry Garden Lane from Barry Hill. so to my mind that means the Oldland end, between where the old tramway ran under the railway and the junction in Oldland.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/109730035

There appears to be a ruined building on the W side of the road at that end.

https://goo.gl/maps/rAgQgncpNH2wnSvf6

The 1948 to '68 OS shows those buildings still there at that time.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/189242124

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Devon / Re: Hoe Park Nursing Home, Plymouth
« on: Tuesday 08 November 22 20:34 GMT (UK)  »
I know this is an oldIer map but it shows which is Hoe Terrace, facing the park and it also shows that on the corner of Citadel Rd and Lockyer St there was a Devon and Cornwall Orphan Asylum (female) such places were often repurposed at later dates as other organisations such as nursing homes and/or hospitals.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/136995234

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Gloucestershire / Re: bristol orphanage ashley down, bristol
« on: Monday 19 September 22 17:04 BST (UK)  »
I did wonder about Horfield Parish Church, but I have just noticed on an old map that St Werburghs rectory is quite close so maybe that is the parish church covering that part of Ashley Down.

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Lancashire / Re: Fairfield Gen Hospital
« on: Thursday 28 July 22 20:49 BST (UK)  »
This old map shows an onsite burial ground.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/229406571

This approximately relates to the wooded area in this Gmaps satellite view
https://goo.gl/maps/cJvoswiUJxxeeMjD9

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Lancashire / Re: Old map expert required Heaton Park Manchester
« on: Sunday 03 July 22 07:43 BST (UK)  »
I have found another possible source of info.

The Friends of Heaton Park Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/246893545340201/search/?q=rifle%20range
One of their correspondents, Michael Walsh, has posted the following.
"I have always been aware that the Ornamental pond valley was used in both World Wars as a rifle and pistol range. One of the wonderful Chaps I worked with in the Park, Taffy Roberts showed me roughly where the Butts were ( where the targets are Placed) but back in the 70s the area was badly overgrown to examine them.
Well, last Sunday I found an earth banked wall surrounding what may have originally been another small ornamental pond directly next to the path that leads from the Temple to the Ornamental Pond."

I haven't found a map or plan which IDs the "Ornamental Pond."

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Lancashire / Re: Old map expert required Heaton Park Manchester
« on: Saturday 02 July 22 22:04 BST (UK)  »
The map shown in the first post is nowhere near the Sheepfoot Lane/Middleton Rd  junction it shows the pond in the NE corner of the park near the Northern end of the present day Golf Course.
https://goo.gl/maps/7G2Phvp7LGaQ4wtg8

I haven't found anything in the NLofS map collection showing a shooting range, but there was a hutment settlement at the Sheepfoot Lane/Middleton Rd junction shown on both the 1932 https://maps.nls.uk/view/101103353 and the 1938 {'46 published) https://maps.nls.uk/view/101103350
Here is an aerial view fo the White Heather Camp.
https://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw017467

Of course post WWII they also built a TA centre in that vicinity.

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Gloucestershire / Re: Clifton Industrial School
« on: Thursday 05 May 22 07:43 BST (UK)  »
In case you haven't seen this:
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/BristolCliftonIS/
Note that there are 2 addresses during tthe period you mention.
Is it possible to do an address search in the 1891 and 1901 census

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Lancashire / Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« on: Saturday 30 April 22 18:48 BST (UK)  »
Pendlebury Station was between the Cliveley Road bridge and the tunnel mouth to the NW.
https://goo.gl/maps/mYht7beneYTYcFu68

Acme Mill was due west of the station, if you scan W on that link you will see Old Mill Cl. and Acme Cl.

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Lancashire / Re: Springwood Cottage, Hoggs Lane Chorley. When was the spring used by the public
« on: Sunday 24 April 22 12:20 BST (UK)  »
If yo look at the various old OS maps linked to this marker on the modern map.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/marker/#zoom=18&lat=53.6405&lon=-2.6138&f=0&z=1&marker=53.6405,-2.6139&from=1500&to=1971&i=102343994

You will find, for instance, that in 1847 there was a Well and on the 1895 map it was marked as Bath.

 

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