Lower Ashton, 2000
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Lower Ashton, 2000 by Derek Harper as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 1 May 2000
The Manor Inn is on the right. The nearer of the two thatched cottages left of centre is Forge Cottage, which is "on a corner site in the centre of Lower Ashton and makes a crucial contribution to a group including Spara Bridge, the Post Office and Blatchford Farmhouse" https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097821 . Rising behind it is the post office (former, that is) https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097820 . And in the foreground is our old Volvo.