Village Visits
Urchfont
We went to Urchfont on Candlemas 2nd February 2006. It was a very cold day. The temperature never exceeded -2 deg C! But we had a very warm welcome in the church which was also warm. Click on this link for one of 3 plans of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. Our guide was Christine Dolan who had help from some of her friends especially in making hot drinks for us all. Christine gave us a Digitally projected slide show showing us many of the houses and other sites in the village. Later we walked round the village seeing the well and the font after which the village got its name. Then cold but happy we went into what was originally a pig stye for Urchfont Manor house and here we had a talk about the history of the house from Mr Jim Ross a director. He was assisted by John Adams who is an expert on aboriculture and gardening. He showed us round some of the trees. We then retired for some hot soup and beer and wine at the Lamb Inn. A really excellent day that was well researched by John Hawkins from Salisbury & District U3A. Thank you John. |
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Map |
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Chancel |
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Pul[it Fall |
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Millenium Window |
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Font |
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Christine Dolan our guide |
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St Michael's Church |
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Wreath |
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Mounting Steps |
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A Manor House |
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The Pond with the group |
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The farm |
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Millenium Stone |
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Pond again |
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Farm again |
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Guess! |
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Old house |
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The old Post Office |
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The tiled house |
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Lane on left to the Bottom and Uphill |
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the Old School |
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Towards the Bottom |
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The old Sawmill |
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Sawmill again |
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Grosvenor House |
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A Cottage |
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Np comment |
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The Well |
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A house |
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By the Font |
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The Font entrance |
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The font itself |
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Through the village |
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An old shop window |
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The old shop |
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A cottage |
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A row of cottages |
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More cottages on the Green |
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A cat slide roof |
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Another cottage |
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Cat slide cottage from way into grounds of the Manor |
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The Manor House |
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The Manor House |
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The Manor House looking at the old front |
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The new front |
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An old lime tree |
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The new Post Office and village shop |
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The Lamb Inn |
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Outside the Lamb Inn in 1882 |
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Outside the Lamb Inn in 1992 |
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Outside the Lamb Inn in 2006 |
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Outside the Lamb Inn in 2006 |
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The pond from an old photo. |
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A fork found in the Lamb Inn |
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The Village Hall c. 1929 |
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