Geograph - photograph every grid square

The sign names Awsworth and Cossal but this would seem to be strange way to go to get to Cossall.

The original church was built in the thirteenth century and rebuilt in the fourteenth by Sir Sampsom de Strelley. The Hall we see today was built for Thomas Webb Edge by Thomas Gardner of Uttoxeter between 1789 and 1793 and stands to the... (more)

Note the extra sign tied onto the post. It warns that it is illegal to ride motorbikes, quad-bikes and mopeds without written permission along this farm road. The sign says: Are You Driving This Community Crazy? Offroaders beware!... (more)

The northern part of the parkland round Strelley Hall.

The village of Strelley was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. The village is named after the de Stradley family of Norman origin, the name later evolving to Strelley. In 1356 Sir Sampson de Strelley built the present church.... (more)

Looking a tad too overgrown to be passable for horses, at this point the path bends sharply north east (right) to parallel the M1 (the other side of a hedgerow behind the photographer) for a hundred yards or so before reaching a bridge.

The M1 Motorway between Junction 25 (Sandiacre) and Junction 26 (Nuthall).

These buildings, New Yard on old maps, were derelict in the late 1960s and are no longer there. The corner of the lane to Cossall is now thickly wooded.

Fifteenth century misericord carving in All Saints' chancel Link depicting a Green Woman or Sheelagh-na-gig, an ancient fertility symbol Link

Northbound on the M1 Motorway.

This stretch of the M1 past Nottingham has been upgraded to an eight lane motorway. The slip roads for junction 26 can be seen in this view.

It's hard to pass this way without taking a picture of this lovely view. A nearby notice explains that “The stones contained within this footpath lie on an ancient route which may date back to the 14th century. It is possible that the... (more)