IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Down, BRISTOL, BS35 3PH
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to The Down, BS35 3PH by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (37 Images Found)
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Old-style sign, The Down, Alveston
The sign is at street level at the northern end of The Down, at the edge of The Cross Hands. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2743835
The sign originally showed Aust Ferry but Ferry has been overpainted.
The Aust Ferry formerly operated across the River Severn in Gloucestershire between Aust and Beachley. The nearest fixed Severn crossing was at Gloucester, about 25 miles NE of the ferry.
The last ferry crossing was on September 8th 1966. The Severn Bridge opened the next day.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.02 miles
2
The Old Bakery, Alveston
Now a private residence, 13 The Down, this was the village bakery and shop until 1984. A lozenge showing 1870 is embedded in the wall above the doorway.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.02 miles
3
The Old Chapel, Alveston
Now a dwelling, number 15 The Down was formerly a chapel. The year 1883 is inscribed in the stonework at the top of the central window.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.02 miles
5
Alveston, Old Chapel
Former chapel on The Down; dated 1883. Old OS maps show this as a Methodist chapel; now residential.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 19 Mar 2017
0.02 miles
6
Playground on The Down, Alveston
Currently closed for covid lockdown
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 23 May 2020
0.04 miles
9
Corner of Wolfridge Lane and Wolfridge Ride, Alveston
A view south along Wolfridge Lane from Wolfridge Ride.
Wolfridge Lane was mentioned in a Saxon charter as a boundary between the parishes of Alveston and Olveston.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
10
The Old Smithy, Alveston
Located on The Down, viewed from the corner of Wolfridge Ride.
The Old Smithy, now a private residence, was formerly one of 5 smithies in the village. A smithy is a blacksmith’s workshop.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.07 miles