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Town Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 3HL

Town Street, Bramcote looking north west from the junction with Cow Lane.

An alternative, though non-mobility friendly, access point into the King George's Field Recreation Ground from Town Street.

Almshouses in Bramcote erected in 1852 by Frances Jane Longden.

Date from 1852 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263871?section=official-list-entry

A view from the elevated graveyard of the former 14th century parish church situated obliquely opposite these Grade II-listed almshouses. Ahead is Cow Lane, sloping eastwards towards the Bramcote Hills area, where it connects with the A52 (a.k.a. Derby Road and Brian Clough Way). These four homes were constructed in 1852 courtesy of an endowment left by Frances Jane Longden, the sister of John Sherwin Gregory, a previous owner of the former Bramcote Manor. The latter was demolished in 1960. The almshouses were renovated and modernised in 1984-5 with the aid of a grant from Broxtowe Borough Council. Cow Lane appears on Chapman's map of 1774.

A fine growth of Meripilus giganteus on the roots of a felled tree; approx 60 cm in diameter.

Detail of the Meripilus giganteus seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5159381 showing the white underside of the caps. This would blacken if bruised.

Cow Lane lies behind the photographer and links to the A52 (a.k.a.Derby Road/Brian Clough Way) whereas Moss Drive (ahead) serves a couple of private houses and a covered reservoir. On the left is all that remains of Bramcote's previous parish church (c.14th century). The main part of the church was in a poor state of repair and had to be demolished during the 19th century, shortly after the new church - St Michael and All Angels, Church Street - was opened.

One of a series of sculpted seats in the gardens surrounding the old church tower, created in Ancaster stone by local sculptor Andrew Smith working with the local community. Each has a granite panel with text by local writer Pat Ashworth. The 'History' seat picks up local motifs. The cross and the skull and crossbones reflect carvings on tombstones in the churchyard, while the sheep's head reflects the agricultural history of the village and the shears and knitting the traditional local industry. The accompanying text reads: "Tell of beacons and bonfires, tithes and taxes. Of alehouse and almshouse. Of cowled monks on a beaten path to penitence. Of the firm thumb and sore eye of the framework knitter. Tell of Henry Holden and Elsie Eatch. Of Ice Age stone and harvest home, of squires and shepherds, damsels and divinity. Hensons and Bagshawes are buried bones but live immortalised in stone."