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My own day in History
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 5438 words, 2,053 images and viewed 10,692 times.
Updated 25 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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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2016
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4076 words, 2,609 images and viewed 2,522 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to AlastairG
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Images shortlisted for GOTY, 2006
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 2783 words, 1,454 images and viewed 2,125 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: Aaron Thomas to Andrew Longton
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Nonconformist Chapels in Wales
Article by Robin Drayton, with 27486 words, 1,138 images and viewed 15,245 times.
Updated 5 months ago.
Introduction
This article started as a project to list the names of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels, with their meanings, and to show examples of each name with a picture from the Geograph website. (The list can be seen towards the end of this article via the menu on the right.) In browsing the website ...
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Class 142 diesel multiple units
Article by JThomas, with 3351 words, 368 images and viewed 3,201 times.
Updated 10 months ago.
Introduction
[img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/142_front.jpg Northern Rail Class 142 - Retford Railway Station]
Class 142 diesel multiple units were conceived during hard times at British Rail in the early 1980s. Based on an original bus design they were ...
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Windmills
Article by Oast House Archive, with 15104 words, 736 images and viewed 34,359 times.
Updated 10 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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Watermills
Article by John M, with 24335 words, 1,451 images and viewed 19,272 times.
Updated 39 months ago.
The article is open for collective editing.
Introduction
Watermills in various forms were introduced into Britain and Ireland in the late Roman and early medieval period. Numbers grew through the Medieval Period and at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 there were around 6500 in England alone. ...
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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 41,977 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 ...