IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Old Wells Road, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5XL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Old Wells Road, BA4 5XL 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 (30 Images Found)
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Distance
1
And not a mile an hour more
Perhaps this is a sign of impending metrification?
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.07 miles
2
Norah Fry Avenue
This benchmark is listed in the Benchmark Database: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm57531 , being from the early years of surveying, on the lodge at the entrance to the old Union Workhouse. See Image] for the Lodge.
Incidentally, Norah Fry was born in Bristol in 1871 and became the first female councillor in Somerset; she also went on to found a dedicated career in hospital care. The old workhouse used to have a separate ward for infectious diseases and the modern development of the site is marked by the road being named after her.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.07 miles
3
The Lodge
An unassuming if functional appearance of the Lodge, marking the entrance to the old Shepton Mallet Union Workhouse. A benchmark from the 1800s can be found on the corner angle - see Image
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.08 miles
4
Bowditch Close
The large and imposing former Union Workhouse is now much different in its welcome. What was once a dreadful place that the poor feared is now an exclusive property that only the rich can afford.
Founded in around 1848, the workhouse was designed by Charles Wainwright, based on the Square Plan. It housed nearly 200 inmates at its peak before the facility was converted in the 1930s into a mental health facility. It was renamed the Norah Fry Hospital after a trail-blazing Bristol nurse who devoted most of her life to this institution.
But the buildings were finally closed in the 1990s and lay disused until 2004, whereupon they were converted into town houses and apartments.
See Image] for the date stone.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.08 miles
5
The Union Workhouse
Shepton Mallet's grimmer history is now a modern and attractive residential property. See Image] for another view and some more information.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.09 miles
6
Former Union Workhouse at West Shepton
Converted to residential use.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 31 Aug 2024
0.10 miles
7
Direction Sign - Signpost on the B3130 West Shepton
Pyramid finial - 3 arms; Somerset SCC pyramid by the B3136, in parish of Shepton Mallet (Mendip District), on an island in the centre of the T junction of Old Wells Road and the B3130 West Shepton.
surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: SO_ST6143
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: Unknown
0.11 miles
8
'The Playing Fields', West Shepton
The match finished Shepton Mallet 1 - Oldland Abbotonians 3
(Western League Premier Division)
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 31 Aug 2024
0.11 miles
9
Oldland Abbotonians take a free kick at 'The Playing Fields'
The match finished Shepton Mallet 1 - Oldland Abbotonians 3
(Western League Premier Division)
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 31 Aug 2024
0.11 miles
10
Oldland goalkeeper grabs the ball!
The match finished Shepton Mallet 1 - Oldland Abbotonians 3
(Western League Premier Division)
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 31 Aug 2024
0.12 miles