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Holmes Chapel, Macclesfield Road
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 8 Sep 2014
0.02 miles
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Fine Art Wall Coverings, Holmes Chapel - steam engine
Back in the 1990s it was still possible to find beautiful generating sets like this Belliss & Morcom at what is now Fine Décor Wallcoverings. It was removed to Markham Grange Nursery in 1992 but has seen no active use there.
It is an inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engine, serial No. 9258 of 1937. It is a V-type with cylinders 13" & 20" bores x 10" stroke. It developed c300 bhp at 428 rpm and is direct coupled to an alternator.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 5 Jan 1991
0.08 miles
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Fine Art Wall Coverings, Holmes Chapel - steam engine
Back in the 1990s it was still possible to find beautiful generating sets like this Belliss & Morcom at what is now Fine Décor Wallcoverings. It was removed to Markham Grange Nursery in 1992 but has seen no active use there.
It is an inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engine, serial No. 9258 of 1937. It is a V-type with cylinders 13" & 20" bores x 10" stroke. It developed c300 bhp at 428 rpm and is direct coupled to an alternator.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 5 Jan 1991
0.11 miles
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Fine Art Wall Coverings, Holmes Chapel - steam engine
Back in the 1990s it was still possible to find beautiful generating sets like this Belliss & Morcom at what is now Fine Décor Wallcoverings. It was removed to Markham Grange Nursery in 1992 but has seen no active use there.
It is an inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engine, serial No. 9258 of 1937. It is a V-type with cylinders 13" & 20" bores x 10" stroke. It developed c300 bhp at 428 rpm and is direct coupled to an alternator.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 5 Jan 1991
0.11 miles
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St Margaret Ward Roman Catholic Church, Holmes Chapel
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 8 Sep 2014
0.11 miles
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Macclesfield Road approaching railway bridge
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 7 Apr 2011
0.12 miles
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St Margaret Ward Roman Catholic Church, Macclesfield Road
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 8 Sep 2014
0.12 miles
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Bridge Farm, Holmes Chapel
Fast becoming surrounded by the Chapelmead estate. Phase 1 was mostly complete by December 1995 and work had already started on Phase 2, behind the farmhouse. The farmhouse remains a private residence.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 25 Dec 1995
0.13 miles
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Chapelmead estate under construction
Phase 1 of the large estate on the lands surrounding Bridge Farm was constructed in 1995. Seen from the original access to the farm near the railway bridge.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 10 Aug 1995
0.13 miles
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Old Milepost by the A535, Macclesfield Road, Holmes Chapel
Cast iron post by the A535, in parish of Holmes Chapel (Congleton District), roadside, on the verge in hedge, on North West side of road. Cast iron CCC1898, erected by the County Council in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: CHELFORD / 6 MILES / MACCLESFIELD 12½ : : CHESHIRE / 1898 / COUNTY COUNCIL : : MIDDLEWICH / 4 MILES / NORTHWICH 10 :
Maker:-
: W H SMITH & CO / MAKERS / WHITCHURCH :
Milestone Society National ID: CH_NTMF10
Image: © J Higgins
Taken: 1 Jun 2003
0.14 miles