IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Ames Lane, RADSTOCK, BA3 5TB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Ames Lane, BA3 5TB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (55 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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2008 : To The Hill
...and found myself facing this invitation, thinking it would be churlish to refuse I decided to go, so, are you sitting comfortably? Then off we go...
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Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.01 miles
2
2008 : The parting of the way, a bifurcation
...Oh! Well! I wasn't expecting this, which way, left or right? We don't give up at the first setback do we, now how does it go? Jack and Jill went up the hill, that's it, UP the hill, wonder what we will find next...Image]
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.01 miles
3
To the top of the hill, with your empty pails
At the bottom of the hill reputed to be the one where the couple met an unfortunate fate is a footpath signpost and the first of a series of stones with the legend on them.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 11 Feb 2013
0.02 miles
4
Up Jack and Jill Hill
This small footpath is said to be the one taken by the couple to fetch water. It's not questioned why they went up a hill, as most water issues from lower down a hill but let's not let that spoil the rhyme.
Indeed, an inscription at the school mentions that Jack was injured by a boulder from the nearby (and aptly named!) Badstone Quarry. Despite care, he succumbed but left Jill to give birth to their child. Sadly, she died soon after too and the orphan was brought up by villagers. To this day, a large number of local families share the surname Gilson!
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 11 Feb 2013
0.02 miles
5
2008 : Jack and Jill Hill
...another sign, we must be there, almost...then Image]
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.03 miles
6
2008 : Jack and Jill
...This is it, "Jack and Jill", is that all? There must be more than that, we'll go on a bit further...
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Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.04 miles
7
2008 : Went up the hill
...ah, that's better, they are doing it bit by bit...Image]
Yes, there you are.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.04 miles
8
Leading to the scene of the accident?
Ames Lane, near the foot of the hill whence a certain Jack and Jill are reputed to have been acquainted. The moulding on the wall directs the curious traveller to the small path. See Image] for the latter.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 11 Feb 2013
0.06 miles
9
2008 : To fetch a pail of water
...glad they didn't have to carry it up the hill. Nice flowers, isn't this fun...Image]
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 17 Jun 2008
0.07 miles
10
Not open for stamps
The old post office is now a residential address; the post box is boarded up and the K6 phone kiosk has become grey. Oddly enough, when this design of phone box was first introduced in 1936 the familiar red colour was greeted in certain quarters with shock and dismay, leading to some boxes in sensitive areas being repainted grey!
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 11 Feb 2013
0.07 miles