Kelfield Dutch Architecture This grade II listed house in Kelfield is dated from 1689. It is the only example of a house of this period with curvilinear gables in the area. These gables are a Dutch style of architecture and show the influence of the Dutch workers who came to the Isle of Axholme with…
This image shows the south front of Hirst Priory located in the parish of Belton. It was taken in 1987 as part of its grade II listed survey. It is an 18th Century country house which has been built on the site of a 12th Century Augustinian priory known as Hyrst Priory. The land was…
Belton Post Office This grade II listed building on the High Street in Belton is the former post office. Built in the late 18th/ early 19th century it served the inhabitants of Belton and associated hamlets with their post. The hamlets included: Carhouses, West Mosswood, Sandtoft, Temple Beltwood, Westgate, Woodhouse and Brakin. The population in…
This is the wedding photograph taken of Sara Frewin and Tom Baker on the 19th September 1908. Sara was born in Owston Ferry in 1881. Her father was the headmaster of the local school. Sarah married Tom at Owston Ferry in a double ceremony with her sister Mabel who would later move to America with…
Garthorpe and Fockerby Although the villages of Garthorpe and Fockerby are now joined this wasn’t always the case. Garthorpe used to come under the parish of Luddington and lay on the eastern bank of the Old River Don. Whereas Fockerby lay on the opposite bank of the river and used to come under the parish…
This image taken in circa 1937 shows the view of the street along the Trentside at Keadby. The Wesleyan Chapel can be seen on the immediate right. Keadbys economy at the time relied on the Stainforth and Keadby canal which opened in 1802. It connects the River Don Navigation at Bramwith to the River Trent…
Crowle The White Hart This public house claims to be the oldest on the Isle of Axholme. Situated on the High Street, Crowle, this grade II listed building dates from the 16th or 17th Century. The building has undergone remodelling works in the late 17th/ early 18th Century and again in 1985. Work during the…
This image is from the start of a Haxey Hood game, circa early 1960’s. It shows Stan Boor as the Fool collecting money. The games have been played for 700 years. When they first started the money collected helped to pay for the games however any money collected these days goes to charity. The game…
Samuel Wesley’s Grave Samuel Wesley was born on the 17th December 1662 and died on the 25th April 1735. He took up the post of Rector at St. Andrews Church in Epworth in 1697. Him and his family lived in what is now known as the Old Rectory on Rectory Street. He did not integrate…
This is image of the Manor House on Church Lane in Amcotts. It is believed to date from around the 1850’s however alteration work to the rear of the building found evidence of wattle and daub. This would indicate that a building has stood on this site since at least the 16th Century. Wattle and…