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Chappel Hill, Wakes Colne
Near Hill House
Road No.C84
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 13 Oct 2018
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Sheep near Chappel Viaduct
A nice view of Chappel Viaduct from this field of sheep.
For more info on the viaduct see: http://www.chappel.org/cpc_62.shtml
The viaduct is a listed building - List entry Number: 1238766 http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1238766
Grade: II
see also: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=56226640&displayclass=black
Image: © Roger Jones
Taken: 7 Jun 2015
0.06 miles
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Oak Road, Wakes Colne
At the junction with Chappel Hill & Swan Street
Road No.U3093
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 13 Oct 2018
0.09 miles
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Chappel Hill, Wakes Colne
At the junction with Oak Road & Swan Street
Road No.C84
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 13 Oct 2018
0.09 miles
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South from Chappel
Looking from the footbridge at Chappel and Wakes Colnes station over the Sudbury branch to Marks Tey (6 minutes away). The viaduct can be seen as well
Image
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 27 Apr 2011
0.11 miles
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Approaching Chappel from the southwest.
With the spire of St Barnabas’ church visible in the distance.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.15 miles
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St Barnabas Chapel, Chappel, Essex
Houses cluster around the small 14th century church, originally a chapel. The village was allowed a chapel of its own in 1355, because bad weather prevented attendance at church - hence the name.
Image: © Brenda Howard
Taken: 28 Sep 2005
0.15 miles
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Chappel Village, Essex
Small quaint village in the valley of the River Colne and in the shadow of the biggest viaduct in East Anglia.
Image: © Brenda Howard
Taken: 28 Sep 2005
0.15 miles
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Chappel Viaduct
The Chappel viaduct is 325 metres long, has 32 arches of 30 9 metre span and its maximum height is 23 metres. It currently takes the Marks Tey to Sudbury branch line, which connects regularly with trains to and from London's Liverpool Street Station.
The large number of construction workers needed for the project were housed, many with their families, in temporary huts built on Wakes Colne Green. Although some 7 million bricks were used, the piers were hollow to save money and reduce weight. A further remarkable feature of the viaduct is that it is built on a gradient - the Sudbury end is 2.9 metres higher than the Marks Tey end. According to William White’s History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex, 1848, the first stone was laid in September 1847. The viaduct took two years to build, and is thought to be the second largest brick-built structure in England.
The first passenger train to Sudbury, carrying an official party from Colchester, ran on 2 July 1849. (wikipedia)
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 27 Apr 2011
0.17 miles
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Chapel Hill, Wakes Colne
At the junction with The Street & entrance to Viaduct Farm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 18 Aug 2018
0.17 miles