IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Head Street, COLCHESTER, CO1 1NX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Head Street, CO1 1NX 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.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (266 Images Found)
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Former King's Head Inn
This solicitor’s office was once the King’s Head Inn. In 1648 the Assembly room saw the conclusion to the English Civil War in the final surrender of the Royalists (the name of the venue being rather prophetic!). Colchester a parliamentarian Town had been taken over by the Royalists and was besieged by the New Model Army. After the war the parliamentarians demolished large sections of the defensive wall that had existed since Roman Times to ensure the town could not be so easily defended in future. See the plaque on the wall at Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.02 miles
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King's Head Plaque
This plaque is on the wall of the Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.02 miles
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Essex and Suffolk Fire Office, Colchester
Built in 1820 as the corn exchange, this became the Essex and Suffolk Fire Office. It now houses a variety of retailers and offices.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 15 Jun 2006
0.02 miles
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St Peter's Church, Colchester
The tower was built in 1758, the clock is Victorian. The church is near the top of North Hill.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 15 Jun 2006
0.02 miles
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Former Bunting Rooms
This is the Former Bunting (St Georges) Gymnasium in Culver St once the home of the 1st Colchester Scout Group. This group actually predates the Scout movement by about ten years as the Colchester St Georges Club was founded in the 1890’s. In 1908 the members voted to give up their independence and join the new Scouting Movement. William Bunting provided a bequest that set up the Gym in 1906 for the good of the young men of Colchester. There is a new bunting room still used by the 1st Colchester a few streets away. See the dedication plaque here Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.02 miles
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1st Colchester Plaque
Dedication Plaque on the Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.02 miles
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The former Essex and Suffolk Fire Office, High Street, CO1 - Essex coat of arms
See Image For info about the coat of arms, see http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/east_anglia_essex.html .
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 2 Apr 2014
0.03 miles
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Essex and Suffolk Fire Office, High Street, Colchester
Grade II* Corn Exchange and offices of 1820 by David Laing (builder Henry Hammond Hayward). Originally 2 storeys with central pediment the rear arcade was enclosed in late 19th century and remodelled with plate glass in 1966. A postcard posted in 1907 shows it with only two storeys. The colonnade is apparently iron probably manufactured by Joseph Wallis Jnr who established an ironfoundry on Winnock's Charity land (High Street?) in 1792. The clock was made by Joseph Banister (1778-1875). The single train was designed to run for eight days with a drop of only 10 feet for the weight. It has a deadbeat escapement. The first and second floors stood empty for many years but were converted to 6 apartments in 2009-10 with architects Stanley Bragg Partnership Ltd.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 19 Jun 2017
0.03 miles
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The former Essex and Suffolk Fire Office, High Street, CO1 - clock
See Image
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 2 Apr 2014
0.03 miles