Brimscombe, Walls Quarry 1901
Photo ref:
47363
Photo ref:
47363
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On the left is the main London railway line and, still further to the left, the Thames and Severn Canal. The buildings on the hill are the upper part of Brimscombe village, with Walls Quarry and Burleigh to the right. With the exception of the nearer dwellings, all the houses we see here are of Cotswold stone.
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This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane.
This unusual photo looks up the lane, (from its nearest lowest point), SE towards the Brimscombe Hill & Walls Quarry.
The lowest point is actually underneath the railway bridge, just emerging as a stone wall, (bottom ...see more
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