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Clareville, Station Road, Golcar
A large house, Victorian or Edwardian.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.03 miles
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Station Lane, Golcar
A steep short cut to the former station. Station Road gets there via a zigzag.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.03 miles
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Station Road, Golcar
This view is of the road below the Station Lane junction.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.04 miles
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Terrace houses, Station Road, Golcar
The roof-line of terrace houses is quite often broken by gables without windows, ie as a feature rather than to provide light to the loft space. In this case the spacing of the gables does not relate to the spacing of the windows, whereas in other cases the gables often emphasise the central house of a block.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.08 miles
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Ainley Street, Golcar
Taken from Station Road. The sign 'unadopted' below the street name-plate indicates that the council is not responsible for the repair of the road, to forestall complaints.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.08 miles
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Datestone, Golcar Baptist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Golcar
The present chapel is dated 1896 and was built as a Sunday School. This datestone was transferred from the first chapel on the site. The 1834 chapel was replaced when the church outgrew it. A new chapel was built on the land that is now a car park, which this datestone faces, in 1867, and the Sunday School followed within 30 years.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.09 miles
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Datestone from former chapel building, Chapel Lane, Golcar
The first datestone is from 1834. This one of 1867 has the words 'Particular Baptist'. This were a strict type of Baptist, and were originally Calvinistic, believing in predestination.
This stone stands facing Chapel Lane with a car park behind it, where the 1867 chapel once stood. As such, its position is similar to its original position in the building, but for its being at ground level.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.09 miles
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Foundation stone on Baptist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Golcar
This is one of several similar stones along the front wall of the building, dated August 1896. This was after most of the various different groups of Baptists joined to form the Baptist Union in 1891. Crowther is a well-known name in this area; some of them were mill-owners.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.09 miles
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Graveyard, Golcar Baptist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Golcar
Work on clearing away invading shrubs is in progress.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.09 miles
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Golcar Baptist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Golcar
These were built in 1896. On the left, the old Sunday School building which is now used as a chapel. On the right, the minister's house or 'manse'. There was one earlier pair of buildings on this site; a chapel and manse built 1834. A new chapel was built next door in 1867 and then the old chapel replaced with this large, 3 storey Sunday School. In the 1960s the Sunday School was adapted for use as a chapel and the 1867 chapel demolished in the early 1970s. The gate at the far end leads into the graveyard.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 19 Apr 2007
0.09 miles