Grid reference TF4984
near to Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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Roadside floral display
Seen on the corner of the crossroads where the busy Alford Road (A1104) crosses Golf Road and Church Road, this display really brightens up the scene. Golf Road is to the right here.
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St. Mary's Parish Church, Mablethorpe
The present church was started around 1300, after the first site of St. Mary's in 1287 was abandoned after severe floods. Recently periods of drought, resulted in deep cracks in the dried out clay sub-soil. These in turn caused... (more)
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A land drain
As straight as a ruler, this is one of the minor dykes that feed toward the Trusthorpe main drain
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Road works on Golf Road, Mablethorpe
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Welcome to Mablethorpe (Horses for hire)
Town sign for Mablethorpe featuring mermaid, dolphin, seahorses, seagull, deck-chair, sand, shells, starfish, sea and groyne amongst other things seaside-y. Someone has attempted to erase the writing on the wall on the brick building. I... (more)
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Brass, St Mary's church, Mablethorpe
Brass (not in situ) to Elizabeth Fitzwilliam, d.1522. Daughter of George Fitzwilliam, she is shown with long hair.
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Alford Road (A1104)
Into Mablethorpe.
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St. Mary's, Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe is a town of bungalows but perhaps the pattern was set by St. Mary's when its rather dumpy tower was built in the thirteenth century.
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Sarra Cottage, Mablethorpe
A rare 17th century 'mud and stud' cottage (a construction technique similar to 'wattle and daub' where a wooden frame is bound together with thinner laths of wood, and then plastered with a mixture of mud, hair, animal... (more)
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St.Mary's church
Grade II listed church with 13th century origins, but hideously rebuilt in 18th & 19th century restorations and again 1976-80 by G.R.A.Mack of Louth. Interestingly depicted on OS maps as without a tower.
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Bud (Brian) Shields MBE
As a 22 year old he was caught up in the 1953 floods rescuing a woman from her house and as a councillor served on flood committees for 30 years.
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Clouds and fields
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