Rosalyn Hilborne's photos with the keyword: Bradford on Avon

A walk along the Kennet and Avon canal at Bradford-on-Avon, Somerset. DSC 0223

With PiP.

Bradford-on-Avon ~ With PiP.

Bradford-on-Avon. Two PiP's.

A link to its history and present use. www.wallingtonhall.co.uk/history

Bradford-on-Avon ~ A bridge was mentioned in the time of Edward II (1307-27), so it was perhaps built early in the 14th century to replace the broad ford that gives the town its name, although perhaps not in the same place and was recorded in 1400. Two arches of that bridge remain, but most of it today dates from an 18th century rebuild and doubling in width. The small building on one of the cut-waters is a 17th century lock-up for holding prisoners until they could be brought before a magistrate. It has been claimed to be a chapel and there might well have been one there before the lock-up replaced it. On top is a fish-shaped weather vane: the Bradford Gudgeon; prisoners were said to be “below the fish and over the water”. The Weaving Shed ~ Part of the redevelopment of the mills.

Bradford-on-Avon Railway Station and its buildings which were designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. www.freshford.com/bradford_trains1.htm

....and Tea Rooms in Bradford-on-Avon.......Grade I listed. The two-gabled 17th century building which is now the Bridge Tea Rooms was previously an antique shop and, before that, the shop of the last Bradford blacksmith, Albert Lailey. It is dated 1675 and built of squared and coursed stone, with relieving arches over the ground floor windows, which are not original. The tea rooms have regularly been selected as one of the best in the country.

An interesting link about this Norman church in Bradford-on-Avon. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4029152/Medieval-church-undergoes-2million-revamp-forgotten-Flemish-masterpiece-15th-century-discovered-wall.html

When I came across this little shop in Bradford-on-Avon, I thought straight away of Pam! Progressing slowly but surely ~ See you back here soon Pam.

Bradford-on-Avon ~ The old packhorse bridge across the River Avon at Barton Grange. The bridge was built in the 14th century, and provides access from the north shore of the Avon to Barton Country Park on the south shore. It has four Gothic arches but only three are visible here.

Unfortunately it was bin collection day, or blue bags (mostly) in this case! This is the bottom and top of Coppice Hill, as featured in the TV series of Poldark.

St Laurence's Church, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, is one of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding. The church is dedicated to St Laurence and documentary sources suggest it may have been founded by Saint Aldhelm around 700, although the architectural style suggests a 10th or 11th century date. St. Laurence's stands on rising ground close to the larger Norman parish church of the Holy Trinity. The building was used as a combined school (nave) and cottage (chancel) for many years, both on more than one storey. It was rediscovered in 1856 and restored in 1870–80. In 1952 the church was designated as Grade I listed.