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…
Belton Railway This is the former railway line running through the village of Belton. Now called the Greenway by many locals it runs from Crowle down to Haxey. It is the former railway line for the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway. The railway started with the Goole and Marshlands Light Railway which ran from Marshlands…
This image shows the Trent Aegir at Owston Ferry. It is a tidal bore which occurs on the River Trent at certain times of the year. It occurs when a high spring tide meets the downstream flow of the river. The shape of the river exaggerates this effect causing a large wave to travel upstream.…
Althorpe Memorial Hall The William Stephenson Memorial Hall in Althorpe was built in 1903. Money was given towards its building and that of the Methodist Chapel by James Stephenson. James was a local prominent businessman who had built Landowne House in 1877. His son was William Stephenson. Inside the memorial hall is a stained-glass window…
This is the south front of Beltoft House, Belton Road in Beltoft. It was taken in 1987 as part of its grade II listed building survey. It is believed to have been built in the 18th Century or possibly earlier. It has been altered and refronted in the early 19th Century for John Collinson. When…
West Butterwick Fleet This is the former site of the fleet at West Butterwick. Fleet probably takes its name from the Norman French word La Flete which means a stream or shallow water. In 1851 it was described as a pond under the ownership of Butterwick Town. It was used for cleaning horses’ hooves after…