IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Manthorpe Road, GRANTHAM, NG31 8BZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Manthorpe Road, NG31 8BZ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (428 Images Found)
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Manthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincs.
The birth place of Arthur Harry Blissett (1878-1955) a former Royal Marine and a fellow explorer on the 1901-1904 "Discovery" expedition to the Antarctic with Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. This is the A607 (Belton-Grantham) road with the town centre lying less than a quarter of a mile behind the photographer.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones
Taken: 9 Aug 2016
0.01 miles
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Manthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincs.
A view along a short section of the A607 - the Belton-Grantham road - as it approaches the town centre. A wall plaque on the terraced house on the left (No. 30) marks the humble birthplace of Arthur Harry Blissett (1875-1955) . He was a former Royal Marine and fellow Antarctic explorer with Capt Robert Falcon Scott, the famous polar explorer. Ahead, the biscuit-coloured building occupying the corner site is part of locally well-known "The King's School".
Image: © David Hallam-Jones
Taken: 9 Aug 2016
0.01 miles
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Manthorpe Road, Grantham
The spire of St Wulfram's Church in the distance
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 29 Jul 2022
0.01 miles
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Benchmark on Manthorpe Road wall opposite Slate Mill Place
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm74711
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 7 Apr 2016
0.02 miles
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Bow House, 43, Manthorpe Road, Grantham
Late 18th century Georgian house with first floor bow window, from which it presumably takes its name. Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Feb 2017
0.02 miles
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Houses, Manthorpe Road, Grantham
On the left Bow House dating from the late eighteenth century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360257?section=official-list-entry
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 9 Nov 2022
0.03 miles
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Manthorpe Road
Cottages on Manthorpe Road
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 13 Dec 2007
0.04 miles
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The old burial ground
A rare view of the old burial ground behind houses on Manthorpe Road. When St.Wulfrum's churchyard was full in 1812, burials took place here until the new municipal cemetery opened in 1857, long-closed, it is open for 2½ hours a year.
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 15 Sep 2013
0.04 miles
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The old burial ground
Slate headstones in the old burial ground behind houses on Manthorpe Road. When St.Wulfrum's churchyard was full in 1812, burials took place here until the new municipal cemetery opened in 1857, long-closed, it is open for 2½ hours a year.
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 15 Sep 2013
0.04 miles
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Azubah Croft
Headstone for Azubah Croft in the old burial ground behind houses on Manthorpe Road. When St.Wulfrum's churchyard was full in 1812, burials took place here until the new municipal cemetery opened in 1857, long-closed, it is open for 2½ hours a year.
As her headstone says, she died May 15th 1817 aged 29 years
She was baptised 30th January 1788 at St.Martins in Lincoln, daughter of Joseph and Mary Croft. She died unmarried and was buried here on 19th May 1817.
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 15 Sep 2013
0.04 miles