Footbridge over the Seaton Burn, Holywell Dene
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Footbridge over the Seaton Burn, Holywell Dene
Image: © Geoff Holland Taken: 17 May 2025
What a difference a few weeks can make when spring is in full stride as can be seen by comparing my photograph at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6452273 taken on 24 April, 2020 with this one taken just over three weeks later this year. When the first Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published in 1865, a footbridge stood at this spot, a bridge which presumably at one time linked Crow Hall Farm with the various properties in and around the Holywell Dene area. The largest nearby settlement was 'Golden Hole' which, at the time of the first census in 1841, consisted of 10 houses accommodating 53 residents. By the time of 1865 Ordnance Survey map, the settlement was stated as being 'in ruins'.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.065959
Longitude
-1.486545