IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Swanton Road, MELTON CONSTABLE, NR24 2NS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Swanton Road, NR24 2NS 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 (8 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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Gunthorpe village sign (detail)
The sign is carved in wood showing various periods of the history of the village. A wheatsheaf indicates that the village is agricultural and has been for most or all of its existence. A tree and four pigs dated 1086 tells us that Gunthorpe was mentioned in the Domesday Book and had woodland a four pigs. Below is a dog peering at a crown, with the date 1201, this recalls, and I quote, “William, son of Robert le Mey, had 20s. lands, formerly the King's demean, granted by Henry I. and held with Causton, by grand serjeanty, the keeping a hound (brachettus) for the King. In 1678 the poor have 25s. a year out of Malthouse Pightle, left by Christopher Ringer, and in 1777 John Towne makes a similar gesture. A cottage loaf, bottom right represents the legacy. In 1747, Isaac Le Heup of Gunthorpe local gent an landowner dies. He is represented by a gravestone is illustrated with the initials I L.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 22 Jul 2015
0.18 miles
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Gunthorpe village sign
The sign is carved in wood showing various periods of the history of the village.
To see the sign in detail and the history see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4580441
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 22 Jul 2015
0.18 miles
4
Village green
Part of the village green at Gunthorpe
Image: © roger geach
Taken: 31 Oct 2009
0.19 miles
6
Village sign
This wooden sign is on the tiny village green at Gunthorpe.
Image: © David Williams
Taken: 28 Jul 2007
0.19 miles
8
Row of cottages
A typical row of 19th century terraced cottages in the village of Gunthorpe - always popular with people looking for a second home in North Norfolk.
Image: © David Williams
Taken: 28 Jul 2007
0.21 miles