1
Celandines and Anemones at Breedon on the Hill
A colourful roadside verge at Breedon on the Hill. Yellow Ranunculus ficaria and lilac Anemones, either A. blanda [from Greece] or the lilac form of A. nemorosa, our native white Wood Anemone.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Apr 2016
0.03 miles
2
Breedon on the Hill Lime Kilns Former Pub
Former pub on the Main Street, now used as a Business Centre. The building next door is a 17th century timber framed barn.
Image: © the bitterman
Taken: 17 Jul 2010
0.04 miles
3
Rear of Breedon Hall
Breedon hall confronts the end of Hollow Road with this view of the top storey of the house peering over a garden wall that splits in two, both sections laid along the steep slope. The Hall is now a small hotel.
Image: © Chris Brown
Taken: 15 Jun 2017
0.05 miles
4
Pinfold at Breedon on the Hill
The Pinfold, or Pound, adjacent to the lock-up, was used to keep stray animals until they were claimed, for a fee to the Parish
Image It is now being developed as a physic or herb garden.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Apr 2016
0.05 miles
5
The Round House at Breedon on the Hill
Information about the lock-up and adjacent pinfold
Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Apr 2016
0.05 miles
6
The Village Round House
A lock up built around 1793 for the detention of offenders against the law until they could be moved to a town prison
Image: © Graham Hogg
Taken: 8 Sep 2017
0.05 miles
7
The village lock-up
Cramped and dark, lock-ups fell out of favour when social reformers won better rights for prisoners in the 19th century. Only a few survive, like this 18th-century one at Breedon-on-the-Hill. The tiny, one-room building is all about security. There is a stout door, no windows, and – because tiles or shingles might be removed from inside by an inmate eager to climb out – a solid stone roof. The adjoining wall is part of a secure enclosure or pound/Pinfold, in Medieval Britain, is an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land. A mulct (fine) had to be paid for their release.
Image: © Mark
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.05 miles
8
Main Street, Breedon on the Hill
The village Lockup - surely the worlds smallest jail - can be seen in centre of photo.
Image: © Peter Bond
Taken: 9 Apr 2013
0.06 miles
9
Round House at Breedon on the Hill
A lock-up on Main Street, last used in 1885
Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Apr 2016
0.06 miles
10
Round House in Breedon on the Hill
A pinfold is handily placed here next to the lock-up where, back in the day stray livestock and miscreant dolts alike would've no doubt been under the watchful eyes of pub regulars opposite.
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe
Taken: 6 Apr 2024
0.06 miles