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Descriptive words on OS maps
Article by David Hawgood, with 20399 words, 1,731 images and viewed 25,221 times.
Updated 5 hours ago.
This is a work in progress. Through the Geograph discussion forum we are collecting examples of as many descriptive words as possible used on Ordnance Survey maps, and we want examples of others. We have also worked through OS Mastermap Real World Object Catalogue . This lists anything which can be ...
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My own monthly photographs
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 793 words, 259 images and viewed 2,491 times.
Updated 7 hours ago.
Before YOMP
I have put together this article as a show piece to illustrate the variety of subjects and the wide geographical distribution of my contributions to Geograph and as a reminder of the many happy times I have spent acquiring these images. The YOMP competition as such was not established ...
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Events On This Day In History
Article by Thomas Nugent, with 62073 words, 2,229 images and viewed 11,324 times.
Updated 1 days ago.
Events On This Day In History
Introduction
Every day there are anniversaries of events that have taken place throughout Britain and Ireland over the years. Sometimes Geograph has displayed a picture marking a particular anniversary as ‘Picture of The Day’.
This article is intended to use Geograph ...
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My own day in History
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 5452 words, 2,060 images and viewed 11,080 times.
Updated 2 days ago.
Introduction
The discussion topic "This day in history" has now been running for over 10 years. Initially it generated a lot of interest and attracted a lot of contributors. But latterly interest has dwindled to such an extent that there are only four contributors still in the game - namely John ...
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Architectural features illustrated
Article by Adrian S Pye, with 6166 words, 899 images and viewed 3,085 times.
Updated 13 days ago.
Architectural features illustrated
Definitions from various sources primarily Wikipedia
All images used and reusable under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence
Please feel free to add more images; up to nine per definition (page limits are 100 images)
Insert better ...
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2017
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4024 words, 2,600 images and viewed 2,944 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Reid
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2014
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4245 words, 2,675 images and viewed 2,940 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to alistairG
Adam Ward (6363) 3
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2019
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4102 words, 2,679 images and viewed 3,120 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Hughes
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Images shortlisted for POTY 2018
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4156 words, 2,698 images and viewed 1,976 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan O'Dowd
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The Football Grounds of Britain and Ireland 2022-23
Article by Roger Cornfoot, with 3245 words, 817 images and viewed 8,386 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
Page 1
An attempt to illustrate the football stadia of the British Isles, old and new, using some of the excellent photos from our Geograph contributors.
I have started with the senior clubs from England and Wales. More countries and levels of the 'pyramid' to follow!
Please let me know if you can ...
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A coastal odyssey from Bridlington to Broughty Ferry
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 8648 words, 617 images and viewed 6,750 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
Introduction
This is a photographic record of the coast of north-east England and south-east Scotland. The end points are Bridlington and Broughty Ferry.
I didn’t set out with any intention of making a continuous and extensive record of this sort. In the early years of the Geograph project from 2005 ...
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British Road Signs 2002
Article by Road Engineer, with 6011 words, 452 images and viewed 10,550 times.
Updated 3 months ago.
Introduction
This article is a collection of photos of British road signs.
For simplicity, the photos in this article are structured using the following headings:
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| | Warning Signs: | | Regulatory Signs: | | Informatory Signs: |
| | Junctions | | Compulsory ...
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Windmills
Article by Oast House Archive, with 15104 words, 736 images and viewed 34,406 times.
Updated 11 months ago.
A brief description of different types and list of remaining windmills in Britain and Ireland.
Types
Post Mill
A small wooden mill based on a central pivot, turned manually by a tiller.
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The remains of this mill show the central post that the whole structure would pivot on.
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National Cycle Network
Article by Oast House Archive, with 8045 words, 565 images and viewed 13,300 times.
Updated 17 months ago.
Introduction
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1375197 The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom, covering over 13,000 miles of signed cycles routes, with 70% of these on roads. There are nine primary routes crossing the UK, and 50 other secondary routes.
A thousand cast iron ...
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English Castles
Article by Oast House Archive, with 4714 words, 414 images and viewed 17,788 times.
Updated 49 months ago.
List of surviving Castles in England and smaller Islands.
This does not include earthworks and demolished castles.
Also see Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Bedfordshire to Isles of Scilly
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*| Photo | Region | Castle | Grid Square |
| 45239 | Bedfordshire | Someries ...
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Steam ships etc
Gallery started by Chris Allen, with 34 posts, 436 images and viewed 27,883 times.
Updated 52 months ago.
A gallery depicting the various types of vessel with steam plant, both self-propelled and dumb, as photographed by Geograph contributors around the UK.I personally have machinery space photographs of some 150 steam vessels and a ready to run digital presentation on steam ships. If anybody wants a ...
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Belfast Rapid Transit - EWAY to Dundonald
Article by Albert Bridge, with 956 words, 219 images and viewed 4,182 times.
Updated 81 months ago.
The east Belfast route of the proposed Belfast rapid transit scheme.
This is a collection of photographs which attempts to show the route of the proposed bus-based east Belfast rapid transit system before, during and after construction, produced as a matter of neutral historical record.
I have no ...
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Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos
Article by Chris Downer, with 52102 words, 2,760 images and viewed 42,058 times.
Updated 81 months ago.
INTRODUCTION
This article takes a little look back at the history of postal addressing, especially the period in the 1970s when the postcodes became national. We look at post towns, postal counties and postcodes and the way these have developed.
Following this, an album displays a photograph from ...
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Selected tweets, Week 38
Gallery started by Robin Stott, with 1 posts, 30 images and viewed 596 times.
Updated 85 months ago.
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Tweeted from @geograph_bi in July 2014
Gallery started by Robin Stott, with 7 posts, 157 images and viewed 823 times.
Updated 124 months ago.
A gallery of daily tweets is a way (a) for contributors who subscribe to email notifications to learn that one of their pics has been posted on Geograph's Twitter account ('tweeted'); (b) to show any viewer the quality and range of the photos tweeted without going to Twitter; (c) to ...
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Purpose-built post offices
Gallery started by Jim Osley, with 6 posts, 103 images and viewed 3,724 times.
Updated 169 months ago.
In October 2010 the British Postal Museum and Archive are publishing a book under the title "Built for Service". The theme of the book is the history of the purpose-built post office and is the first study of this kind to be published. Most of these buildings were designed by government architects ...
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Football Grounds
Gallery started by Roger Cornfoot, with 10 posts, 146 images and viewed 3,642 times.
Updated 182 months ago.
An attempt to show photos from all Football club grounds in the British Isles, league, by league, for the 2009-10 season. THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (2009-10) 38473 Stadium of Light, Sunderland 897474 Kingston Communications Stadium, Hull City 777044 Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers 762261 Turf Moor ...