IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Fruitfields Close, DEVIZES, SN10 5JY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Fruitfields Close, SN10 5JY by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (16 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Drew's Pond Lane [4]
The lane continues to descend in the remnant of an old Saxon holloway connecting Devizes with Salisbury Plain and was used by drovers bringing sheep to market.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.06 miles
2
Path in the wood
A recently formed path leaves Drew's Pond Lane.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.10 miles
3
Drew's Pond Lane [3]
After being subsumed into Downslands Road for some distance, the lane continues as a private road and is a public footpath. Drew's Pond Lane is a remnant of an old Saxon holloway connecting Devizes with Salisbury Plain and was used by drovers bringing sheep to market.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.10 miles
4
Picnic area
A recently created picnic area in a glade in the woods.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.12 miles
5
![Roundway Hospital [1]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/05/73/5057349_a9677f48_120x120.jpg)
Roundway Hospital [1]
Built as the Wiltshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum following the 1845 Lunacy Act which required county asylums to be built, the hospital closed in 1995 and has been converted into living accommodation. Built in 1849-51 and extended at various times, the hospital housed over 1,500 patients at its peak. The hospital is listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244048
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.16 miles
6
![Roundway Hospital [2]](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/05/76/5057671_3c848e1f_120x120.jpg)
Roundway Hospital [2]
Built as the Wiltshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum following the 1845 Lunacy Act which required county asylums to be built, the hospital closed in 1995 and has been converted in living accommodation. Built in 1849-51 and extended at various times, the hospital housed over 1,500 patients at its peak. The hospital is listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244048
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.20 miles
8
![Roundway Hospital [3]](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/05/76/5057674_19995825_120x120.jpg)
Roundway Hospital [3]
Built as the Wiltshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum following the 1845 Lunacy Act which required county asylums to be built, the hospital closed in 1995 and has been converted into living accommodation. Built in 1849-51 and extended at various times, the hospital housed over 1,500 patients at its peak. The hospital is listed, grade II, with details at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244048
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.21 miles
9
![Devizes houses [52]](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/05/73/5057304_cfad6b23_120x120.jpg)
Devizes houses [52]
Modern housing in Downslands Road.
The market town of Devizes developed around its 11th century castle. It gained a charter in 1141 and holds a weekly market in the large and picturesque Market Place. In the 16th century the town became known for its textiles and in the early 18th century held the largest corn market in the West Country. Devizes has about 500 listed buildings - a very large number for a small town.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
0.21 miles
10
Old Milestone by the A360, Potterne Road near Devizes
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A360, in parish of Roundway (Kennet District), Devizes Road; 50m North of driveway to Woods; 200m North of Broadleas Gardens, in bank behind footpath, where East side footpath starts, on East side of road. Burt iron casting, erected by the Devizes (consolidated) turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: LAVINGTN / 5 : : SARUM / 23 : : DEVIZES / 1 :
Maker:-
: (BURT / DEVIZES) :
Rivet benchmark on top; carved mark top left.
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1272949 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272949
Milestone Society National ID: WI_DZSA01
Image: © A Rosevear
Taken: 8 May 2004
0.22 miles