IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Saddlers Court, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 7GX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Saddlers Court, DE12 7GX 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 (60 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Measham High Street
This is where the High Street crossed the Ashby Canal.
The ends of the buildings facing https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1177912 are in a style typical of Joseph Wilkes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wilkes Both buildings were constructed to serve the canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_Canal
https://meashammuseum.chessck.co.uk/Photographsofinterest has a photograph of the building on the left taken when the canal was in use.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 14 Jun 2021
0.05 miles
4
Former canal building, Measham
The Ashby Canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_Canal crossed the picture from left to right.
The ends of the building facing https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1177912 is in a style typical of Joseph Wilkes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wilkes
https://meashammuseum.chessck.co.uk/Photographsofinterest has a photograph of this building taken when the canal was in use.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 14 Jun 2021
0.06 miles
5
The former Empire Cinema, Measham
Has its origins in 1911 and was rebuilt in 1932. It closed as a cinema c1960 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/50573
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 14 Jun 2021
0.06 miles
6
Gone but not forgotten
The Ashby Canal used to pass through the bridge built into this building on High Street but the restoration of the canal will see it cross the road via an aqueduct 50 or so metres down the road. The original line on the other side of High Street has been developed.
Image: © cris sloan
Taken: 2 May 2007
0.07 miles
9
Course of the former Ashby Canal
The canal opened in 1797 and this section closed in 1957. There are plans to restore the canal but this section will be by-passed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_Canal
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 14 Jun 2021
0.08 miles
10
High Street, Measham
This is the old centre of the village which expanded enormously with the coming of the coal industry.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Mar 2010
0.08 miles