IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Pinewood Drive, MILTON KEYNES, MK2 2HS

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Pinewood Drive, MK2 2HS 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 (11 Images Found)

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Distance
1
Manor Road in Fenny Stratford
Image: © Mat Fascione Taken: 8 Aug 2015
0.07 miles
2
Manor Road, Fenny Stratford
Image: © David Howard Taken: 22 Aug 2021
0.12 miles
3
Path along Manor Road in Fenny Stratford
Image: © Mat Fascione Taken: 8 Aug 2015
0.12 miles
4
The former Plough public house on Manor Road
It was converted into a mosque in 2011.
Image: © Mat Fascione Taken: 8 Aug 2015
0.15 miles
5
Roundabout at Water Eaton Road, Bletchley
Image: © MrC Taken: 7 Aug 2014
0.17 miles
6
Water Eaton Road, Fenny Stratford
Image: © David Howard Taken: 22 Aug 2021
0.19 miles
7
Firing the Fenny Poppers (2)
See Image for details.
Image: © Cameraman Taken: 11 Nov 2006
0.23 miles
8
Milestone 39
Replica Grand Union milestone on towpath
Image: © Mike Todd Taken: 18 May 2015
0.23 miles
9
Firing the Fenny Poppers (3)
See Image for details.
Image: © Cameraman Taken: 11 Nov 2006
0.23 miles
10
Firing the Fenny Poppers (1)
Every November 11 a delightfully different custom is celebrated in Fenny Stratford, now a suburb of Milton Keynes . The events of the day celebrate the life not of some pirate or soldier as might be expected given the nature of the day’s happenings, but the founder of the science of neurology, Thomas Willis. Thomas Willis along with fellow medics Lister and John Hunter is buried in Westminster Abbey . He left a considerable fortune and three manor houses in the Fenny Stratford district, eventually inherited by his grandson. This grandson was the rather eccentric historian, Browne Willis, famed for his unkempt appearance and for having paid for the building of St Martin’s parish church in the town at a juncture when the place had fallen onto rather hard times. The church was dedicated to St Martin as Thomas Willis had for a long time practised in St Martin-in-the-Fields , and died on St Martin’s day, November 11. Thomas Willis is commemorated by a sermon being said in the church (fee for the preacher one guinea), by an evening meal - which should feature turkey - in The Bull, an ancient tavern, and most enjoyably of all by the firing of the Fenny Poppers. These are described as ceremonial cannon, looking like large iron beer mugs, their handles big enough for Goliath’s mitts. The originals, said to date from 1740, eventually deteriorated and one cracked, so they were re-cast in 1859. There are six, weighing roughly 20lb each, with a ‘barrel’ firing upwards of six inches by a bit under one inch, loaded with a charge of one ounce or more of black powder. Over the years the firing has supposedly damaged the roof of The Bull and the fabric of the church, so lately the ceremonies take place on a sports field, Leon Recreation Ground. Here at noon, 2pm and 4pm a metal rod about twelve feet long, its end made red-hot in the church furnace, is used to touch off the cannon. By tradition the vicar has the honour of firing the first, the rest being in the hands of other worthies of the town. Whether this is sharing the glory or the risk is debatable. Quite why the learned physician’s grandson decided on the Fenny Poppers as a means of remembering his relative is unsure, but a custom involving 18 loud bangs and a boozy dinner surely cannot be faulted.
Image: © Cameraman Taken: 11 Nov 2006
0.24 miles