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ATSF FP45 92 and WC SD45 7525 bring today’s coach train across Seeman Road during the annual Diesel Days event at IRM. Extra elevation made possible by a bale of hay.
CA&E 309 built 1908 Hicks Car & Locomotive & C&NW 411 built 1949 EMD F-7A @ Seeman Rd.--Union, Il. (123727)*
As BN 5383 gets the all clear to shove it's train back to the museum, Santa Fe 92 rolls by on the adjacent track towards Seeman Road.
As part of 1630's first day under steam again since 2019, it ran back and forth on the IRM mainline for a majority of the afternoon. Here's one of the trips crossing Seeman Road eastbound, with an auxiliary tender and ICG caboose in tow.
North Shore Line "Silverliner" combine 251 brings up the rear of a three-car train that has just crossed Seeman Road, eastbound towards Kishwaukee Grove on the Illinois Railway Museum's main line.
Doesn't seem like the Illinois Railway Museum will be able to use it's mainline anytime soon.....they rented it out for the storage of aluminum coal gondolas. The temporary lake of water in the cornfield is a typical side-effect of our deluge of spring rains.
The Railroad Museum Series
* this image made it to Explore on 2016.04.13
CNW F7 #411 leads the bilevel coach train at Seeman Road next to the searchlight signal and boarding platform. This shot was a must have for everyone at Seeman so I made sure to get my shot first far in advance before people walked over lol.
An Amtrak special from Chicago to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union was pacing the IRM's Burlington E5 with the Nebraska Zephyr at Seeman Road in 2003.
Unfortunately, the sun angle was pretty bad, but at least a record shot of the move exists.
North Shore cars 714 and 749 bring another train load of kids and parents to the Pumpkin Patch at Seeman Road on the last day of the season at IRM.
Newly acquired BNSF SDF40-2 6976 leads ATSF FP45 92 on the last Coach Train as it approaches Seeman Road at the end of the first day of Diesel Days
Railfans from all over get shots of Rock Island GP7 #4506 as it crosses Seeman Road with a train of Rock Island coaches.
If you get that Smiths reference, you are alright. If you don't, that's just sad. Everyone needs a little Smiths in their life.
Anyway, the Illinois Railway Museum decided to use their Frisco 2-10-0 to move the last stored coal train off of the property. The problem was that the 1630 faces east and its wheelbase has been deemed too tight for the wye and the newly-arrived turntable wasn't set up in time for a westward-facing move. So it had to operate tender-first. Not the best for photography, but when is the next opportunity to catch a Frisco decapod lugging coal cars past a B&O signal in the middle of nowhere under trolley wire?
Anyway, the old tea kettle was slinging 135 empty coal hoppers at 15mph westward on the way to the Union Pacific interchange. There was quite a crowd of foamers at the Seeman Road crossing, but it was pleasantly calm near the old Baltimore & Ohio Color Position Light in the field to the west.
Hummeln im Arsch?
von Helmut Höge
Als Aushilfshausmeister hat man Anspruch auf eine anständige Mittagspause. Diese nutzte ich heute, um a) im Buchladen “Schwarze Risse” die neue Marx-Dogma-Zeitschrift “Exit” käuflich zu erwerben. Es gibt darin einen Aufsatz über Alfred Sohn-Rethel von Eske Bockelmann und einen über De Sade - “unser Freund?” von Anselm Jappe. Und b) um auf dem Bethlehemskirchfriedhof am Mehringdamm zu kucken, wo die Hummeln bleiben. Überall blüht es schon , aber ich habe noch keine einzige Hummel gesehen. Dabei kann die Königin schon bei Temperaturen ab 2 °C fliegen und Arbeiterinnen ab 6 °C. Dafür haben sie ja den Pelz und die Fähigkeit, durch Vibrationen der Brustmuskulatur Wärme zu erzeugen.
Auf dem Friedhof, obwohl auf fast jedem Grab Blumen blühten, war kein einziges Insekt zu entdecken,dabei schien die Sonne und es war schon richtig warm. Schließlich fragte ich eine Frau, die sich gerade über ein Grab beugte, um einige neue Blumen einzupflanzen. Die Frau erschrak, als ich sie ansprach. Und als sie sich umdrehte, erschrak ich etwas, denn es war Natascha Ungeheuer - und sie pflegte gerade das Grab ihres 2006 gestorbenen Lebenspartners Johannes Schenk. Ich wußte nicht einmal, dass man ihn in Berlin beerdigt hatte. Sie hätte in diesem Jahr schon alle möglichen Insekten dort gesehen - Wespen, Bienen und auch Hummeln, meinte Natascha Ungeheuer. Wegen des Wetters sei in diesem Jahr nur alles ein bißchen durcheinander geraten. Ich bedankte mich für die Auskunft und verabschiedete mich, damit sie sich wieder dem Grab von Johannes und vielleicht ihrer Trauer um ihn zuwenden konnte. Die beiden wohnten früher in der Dresdnerstraße in Kreuzberg 36, wo Johannes in einer Fabriketage so etwas wie ein Privatcafé betrieb. Während die Studentenbewegung wesentlich die Gegend links und rechts des Kurfürstendamms sowie den FU-Campus in Dahlem bespielte, hatten die beiden mit ihrem “Kreuzberger Straßentheater” sich auf den späteren “Problembezirk” konzentriert.
Natascha ist Malerin, ihren Stil könnte man vielleicht als romantischen oder naiven Realismus bezeichnen. Das spiegelte sich auch in der Gestaltung des Grabs von Johannes wieder. In den Siebzigerjahren gestaltete sie regelmäßig die erste Seite der von Tilmann Fichter gegründeten Zeitschrift “Der lange Marsch”. Der Titel spielte auf den “langen Marsch” der Befreiungsarmee von Mao tse tung an, der dann von Rudi Dutschke und Hans-Jürgen Krahl in die Vertikale umgedacht worden war. Die beiden “Studentenführer” wollten damit die Karriereleiter der Studenten gewissermaßen politisieren, indem sie ihnen nahelegten, ihren bevorstehenden “langen Marsch durch die Institutionen” subversiv anzugehen. Allerdings gaben sie ihnen dabei auch zu bedenken - auf der SDS-Delegiertenkonferenz 1967: “Das Sich-Verweigern in den eigenen Institutionsmilieus erfordert Guerilla-Mentalität, sollen nicht Integration und Zynismus die nächste Station sein.”
Zehn Jahre später machte der SDSler Tilmann Fichter daraus wie gesagt erst eine Zeitung: “Der lange Marsch” und ging dann selbst mit gutem Beispiel voran - durch die ganze SPD-Hierarchie. Anders als z.B. die Trotzkisten “integrierte” er sich jedoch darin - und fiel damit noch hinter Ernst Jüngers antiamerikanischem Individualpartisan zurück, den dieser nach dem verlorenen Krieg als einen “Waldgang” skizziert hatte, als den er Martin Heideggers “Holzweg” umdeutete - zur Existential-Utopie eines Vereinsamung riskierenden Unbeugsamen. “Der Wald ist der Ort des Widerstands, wo neue Formen der Freiheit aufgeboten werden gegen neue Formen der Macht,” so faßte Jüngers Verlag dessen “Waldgang” im Klappentext 1951 zusammen. Carl Schmitt kritisierte daran das Unpolitische: “Dann kann schließlich jeder Einzelgänger oder Non-Konformist ein Partisan genannt werden, sofern er auf eigene Rechnung und Gefahr Position bezieht und Partei nimmt”.
Johannes Schenk war ein Dichter, er stammte aus Worpswede, wo er sich noch oft aufhielt und einen Wohnwagen besaß. Er hatte Seeman gelernt und als Brunnenbauer gearbeitet. Immer mal wieder baute er sich ein Boot aus. Aus dessen Namen wurde dann der Titel eines Buches, das bei Wagenbach erschien. Einmal schipperte er von der Lesum aus mit seinem Schiff “Jona” in Richtung Casablanca, sein Boot kenterte jedoch in der Wesermündung bei Bremerhaven. Ein Frachter fischte ihn mitsamt seinem Schiff raus - und brachte beide sicher nach Marokko. Dort wurde Johannes aber schon bald so krank, dass er das Land verlassen mußte und wieder in Worpswede landete. So habe ich die “Jona”-Geschichte jedenfalls in Erinnerung. Berühmt waren vor allem seine Jacob-von-Hoddis-Vorträge.
Johannes Schenk hatte eine tolle Mutter, Heide Weichberger, die mit sehr interessanten Männern zusammenlebte. Einer war Johannes’ Vater - eine Art Landstreicher während der Nazizeit: Er veröffentlichte vor dem Krieg mehrere populäre Bücher über Pflanzen - u.a.. “Die Schwertlilie - Königin unter den Lippenblütern” - und eins über Arthur Rimbaud. 1945 machten ihn die Amerikaner zum Bürgermeister von Worpswede. Er war der einzige unbelastete Intellektuelle dort. Er trank jedoch sehr viel und verlor bald die Lust am Regieren. Dennoch empfahl sich sein Sohn Johannes, der eigentlich Seemann war, aber 1961 über Fürsprache von Erich Fried als Dichter von seinen Eltern akzeptiert wurde - als “Bürgermeisterkandidat” der mittlerweile eingegangenen Worpsweder “Künstlerpartei” - mit der Begründung: Er sei mindestens so trinkfest wie sein Vater. (1)
Ähnliches gilt auch für den Klavierstimmer Oskar Huth, der auf dem selben Friedhof wie Johannes Schenk und E.T.A.Hoffmann beerdigt wurde.
Der Weddinger Klavierstimmer war vielen von uns ein Vorbild. Im Merve-Verlag erschien unlängst der “Überlebenslauf” von Oskar Huth. Diese Kriegserzählung verhält sich zu Klaus Heinrichs Doktorarbeit “Versuch über die Schwierigkeit, Nein zu sagen” wie Hegels “Phänomenologie” zu Marx’ “Kapital”. Der “Überlebenslauf” ist jedoch, wie auch schon das vorangegene Buch zu Ehren Oskar Huths “Für den Fall der Nüchternheit” (1978 erschienen), genaugenommen ein Buch über Oskar Huth: Seine “Ansichten und Erinnerungen”, aufgezeichnet vom Maler Alf Trenk, der ebenso wie der Autor des ersten Buches ein Fan des Klavierstimmers Oskar Huth ist. Es gibt mindestens drei Fankreise in Berlin: in den Kneipen “Lusiada”, bei “Hoek” und im “Zwiebelfisch” am Savignyplatz. Nur dort konnte übrigens bis 1994 der “Überlebenslauf” käuflich erworben werden. Der Begriff der “Balance” ist darin zentral. Insbesondere gilt dies für die “Nazizeit” des 1946 von den Amerikanern zum “Evident of Anti-Nazi-Activities” erklärten Einzelkämpfers. Oskar Huth selbst spricht 1975 von einer “artistischen Balancemeierei - unvorstellbar!” Und erklärt sie wie folgt: “Was mir dazu geholfen haben muß, durchzukommen, ist wohl, daß mich die Leute hinsichtlich meiner Nervenfestigkeit, meiner physischen Kraft und (wenn ich’s mal ein bißchen eitel sagen darf) auch, was die Sache eines gewissen Witzes angeht, unterschätzt haben…” Später wird man ihm immerhin eine Stelle im Kultursenat antragen. Der “freischaffende Kunsttrinker” zieht es jedoch vor, selbständig zu bleiben. Im Gegensatz zu dem Mitbegründer der Freien Universität, Klaus Heinrich, der 1971 ebenda Professor für Religionsphilosophie wird.
In dessen bereits 1964 vorgelegter Habilitationsschrift, “Versuch über die Schwierigkeit, nein zu sagen”, geht es recht eigentlich um eine “Balance” des Protests - die sich heute (1982 erfolgte eine Neuausgabe im Verlag Roter Stern) wie ein vorweggenommenes Resümee der 68er-Protestbewegung liest. Nicht einmal der schon unvermeidlich gewordene “Exkurs über Buddhismus als Ausweg” fehlt in diesem “Frühwerk”, das den “induktiven Verfahren” den Vorzug gibt, denn “erst die Mittel heiligen den Zweck!”
Oskar Huth war pro forma als Zeichner im Botanischen Garten angestellt, 1941 tauchte er mit falschen Papieren unter. Am Breitenbachplatz betrieb er dann im Keller eine Druckwerkstatt, in der er Pässe und Lebensmittelkarten herstellte. Damit ermöglichte er fast sechzig Menschen, überwiegend Juden, die sich in Berlin versteckt hatten, das Überleben, dazu gehörte ab 1944 auch nach dem fehlgeschlagenen Hitler-Attentat untergetauchte Freiherr von Hammerstein: “Alles hing natürlich an einem seidenen Faden. Wer wirklich Leute versteckte, das waren die Proletarier untereinander. Die Ärmsten halfen den Armen. Und die Leute, die wirklich Möglichkeiten hatten - da war nichts, gar nichts.”
Tagtäglich war Oskar Huth zu Fuß unterwegs auf Buttertour zu den Versteckten, er selbst spricht von seinem “monsterhaften Latsch durch die Stadt” - zeitweilig auch bewaffnet. Einen besonders “widerwärtigen Nazi und Einpeitscher” brachte er sogar um: in den letzten Tagen des Krieges in einem Luftschutzkeller, wo der, im Rollstuhl sitzend, alle dort Schutzsuchenden herumkommandierte. Oskar Huth und ein arbeitsverpflichteter Franzose redeten dem Nazi schließlich ein: “Da hinten wär noch eine Tür offen. Wohin sie führt, das wollten wir jetzt mal ausprobieren. Er sollte mal mitkommen, die Sache überschauen. Wir nahmen den also mit. Aber diese Tür, die schon heiß war - dahinter gab es nichts mehr, da brannte es schon. Die machten wir auf, und weg mit dem Stuhl. So. Da war einer weniger da.”
1989 meinte Oskar Huth im Café Hegel dennoch: “Aber der Spielraum, aus sich was anderes zu machen, als einem prädestiniert ist, der ist ein lächerlich geringer.” Auch über die ewige Wiederkehr ist er sich - am Ende des Buches - nicht sicher: “Wenn es nach diesem Dasein nichts mehr gibt, dann hab’ ich versäumt, etliche Kanaillen abzumurksen…” Oskar Huth starb 1991, fünf Jahre vor Jes Petersen, in dessen Galerie in der Goethstraße Oskar fast täglich einige alkoholische Erfrischungsgetränke zu sich genommen hatte. R.W. Schnell ließ ihn in der “Geisterbahn” barocke Monologe halten, Matthias Koeppel pries ihn in “Starckdeutsch”, G.B.Fuchs schrieb Verse über den Freund…” In Thomas Kapielskis Buch “Der Einzige und sein Offenbarungseid” kommt Oskar Huth sogar selbst zu Wort. In einigen weiteren Berlinensia kommen beide - Johannes Schenk und Oskar Huth - vor., z.B. in Aras Örens Roman “Savignyplatz”.
Der Dichter Johannes hielt sich jedoch wie erwähnt oft in Worpswede auf, wo er in den letzten Jahren auch abstinent wurde, jedenfalls sah ich ihn dort stets Mineralwasser trinken. Über diesen Ort gäbe es ebenfalls viel zu sagen.
Das norddeutsche Teufelsmoor mit seiner Geestinsel Weyerberg, auf der das “Künstlerdorf” Worpswede liegt, geriet in der Nachkriegszeit ins Visier der Politik. Im Dorf lebten jedoch seit langem schon derart viele Künstler, die sich von der Moorlandschaft inspirieren ließen, dass sie selbstbewußt genug waren - als eine der ersten Bürgerinitiativen in der neuen Bundesrepublik den Widerstand gegen alle “Projektpläne” - abgesehen von den agrarischen - zu organisieren. Carl Einstein nannte speziell die “nordische Kunst” der berühmten Moormalerin Paula Becker-Modersohn, aber auch die Werke ihrer Kollegen im Dorf verächtlich “Worpswederei”. Heute wird der “staatlich anerkannte Erholungsort” mit dem weiten Himmel überm Teufelsmoor, das keins mehr ist, täglich von 5.000 Touristen besucht. 130 Künstler leben nun dort sowie 70 Millionäre. Worpswede wimmelt von “Museen, Kunsttreffs, Galeriepassagen und Malschulen”. Es ist wohl der einzige deutsche Ort, in dem am zentralen Parkplatz statt eines Gebührenautomaten ein Bronzebuddha lacht. Noch immer gilt hier die These des ersten “Verschönerungsvereins”: Je mehr Kunst desto weniger Polizei! (Die öffentliche Toilette ist doppelt so groß wie die Wache.) Es gibt ferner zwei kreative Managerschulungszentren und zwei Bordelle, eins für leitende Angestellte und eins für Freischaffende, sowie zwei Atelierhäuser: eins von oben (vom Land) und eins von unten (vom Gatten einer Künstlerin) initiiert: Martin Kausche. Die gesamte Dorf-Atmo wird von humanistisch-musisch gebildeten Frauen mit grauen Haarsträhnen geprägt, die sich nun nach Ehe und Kinderaufzucht der Kunst widmen. Erwähnt sei die Worpsweder Lampenfabrikantin Barbara Lippold, die gerade - mit 61 - eine Töpferlehre begann.
Die markantesten Gebäude wurden in den zwanziger Jahren im Auftrag des Kaffee-HAG-Gründers und Erfinders des coffeinfreien Kaffees Ludwig Roselius vom Bildhauer Bernhard Hoetger entworfen, der erst für die Arbeiterbewegung künstlerisch tätig war und sich dann - vergeblich - Hitler andiente.
Während der Gründer der Künstlerkommune, Heinrich Vogler, nach Rußland auswanderte, wo sein Sohn Jan eine ML- Professur bekam, wurde sein Mitkommunarde Uphoff während der Nazizeit “Kulturwart” vor Ort, und der “erste Worpsweder”, Fritz Mackensen, ließ sich mit “Major” anreden. Er hatte während der “Systemzeit” ein Gewehr erfunden, das um die Ecke schoß und das er als Patent an die Firma Zeiss verkaufte, die es dann nach England weiterverscherbelte. Mackensen brachte das wenig später die Partei-Rüge ein, den Feind unterstützt zu haben. Das Gewehr tauchte erst 1965 in dem Mexiko-Revolutionsfilm “Viva Maria” wieder auf, nach dem sich dann einige Jahre später eine Münchner Kommune benannte.
Nach dem Krieg war es zunächst wieder eine Künstlerin gewesen, mit der Worpswede in Schwung kam: die Keramikerin Heide Weichberger. Sie war erst mit dem Mexiko-Exilanten und Vogler-Schwiegersohn Gustav Regler liiert, dann mit dem Botaniker und Vagabunden Gustav Schenk, und schließlich mit dem Maler Philip Weichberger, mit dem sie einen weiteren Sohn zeugte: Tobias Weichberger. Er wurde ebenfalls Maler - und lebte in Worpswede, bis er 1998 starb. Wichtig für das Dorf war ferner der “Edelkommunist” und Galerist Fritz Netzel. In den fünfziger Jahren gründete er die oben erwähnte erste Bürgerinitiative: Sie verhinderte den Abbau des Weyerbergs durch ein Kalksandsteinwerk und wandelte sich dann in eine “unabhängige Wählergemeinschaft”, mit der die Nutzung des Teufelsmoors als “Nato-Bombenabwurfplatz” abgewehrt wurde, ebenso dann auch der SPD-Plan, aus den Hamme-Wiesen ein “Surf- und Badeparadies” zu machen. Diese “heimliche Regierung” wurde jedoch 1972 mit der SPD-Gebietsreform, die der bäuerlichen CDU aus den Dörfern eine Mehrheit bescherte, ausgebremst. Erst 1986 versuchten die “Künstler” - im von Vogler erbauten Bahnhof - einen neuen Anlauf, der sich diesmal auch gegen die “Trittbrettfahrer” (die Schickimicki-Kunstladenbesitzer) richtete, ihre Partei kam diesmal jedoch nicht mehr über den Stammtisch hinaus. 1994 starb Netzel. Aus seiner Galerie wurde eine Stiftung. Als Ortsberühmtheit gilt außerdem noch Frau Laves, die Schmuckschmiedin: Zu ihren “Kursen” - mit echten Sufis, indischen Yogis und dem Indianer Sunbear - reisen authentische Frauen von weither an.
Zurück zu den Hummeln, die ich wie gesagt in diesem Jahr noch nicht gesehen habe...
Zurück zu Helmut Höge: Helmut Höge, taz-Autor der ersten Stunde, arbeitet im taz-Verlagshaus in der Berliner Rudi-Dutschke-Straße (vormals: Kochstraße) als Aushilfshausmeister. Zuletzt erschien von ihm der Reiseroman “Neurosibirsk” (Peter Engstler Verlag), in Vorbereitung ist eine “Anti -Darwin”- Anthologie (Kadmos-Verlag), seit seine Gedächtnisleistungen altersbedingt zurückgehen, zieht es ihn verstärkt ins “facility management“
Belval - Flow Music Festival - Retrospective
Retrospective 5tet (LUX):
- Daniel Migliosi (Trumpets)
- Denis Ascani (Piano, Keys)
- Mathieu Clement (Drums)
- Etienne Grüness (Guitars)
- Jan Seeman (Bass)
Belval: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belval,_Luxembourg
Belval: www.belval.lu
Sanem: www.suessem.lu
-By X-Day, seven more “Fat Man,” type plutonium-core atomic bombs are perfected by teams of nuclear physicists in San Francisco, ready, and have been transported to Yontan Airfield on Okinawa. Three days following the initial amphibious invasion and the failure of the airborne invasion, President Truman and Colonel Lyle E. Seeman order the use of four bombs, nicknamed “King, Chicago, Tokyo with Love", and "Overlord,” to be dropped on the Japanese home islands with primary targets including Osaka and Tokyo. On February 16th, the missions are completed and the bombs are all detonated successfully. With the effects of radiation poisoning not well known at the time, many American soldiers of the 6th Army pushing north to Tokyo are killed or put out of action as a result.
-Japanese merchant sailors are used to ship disguised munitions and supplies to the last dregs of Imperial soldiers fighting in Manchuria. Many are sunk by a dense Soviet and Chinese blockade across the Western coast of the Sea of Japan.
-Despite the harsh weather, Soviet forces engage in intense and fierce combat against the outnumbered but determined Japanese in Manchuria and northern China. Equipped with T-34 and KV tanks, the tiny and obsolete Japanese tankettes are all but wiped out within two weeks. A lack of supplies force many Japanese soldiers to fight with knives and blunt objects, and whole Japanese columns are mowed down by heavily fortified Soviet lines. The combat in Manchuria is reminiscent of the futile and bloody charges across no man’s land on the Western Front of the Great War. Russian soldiers strip dead Japanese bodies, and by the time of their arrival in Harbin, the distinctive uniforms are unrecognizable beneath fur coats, hats, and jewelry.
Seemannia sylvatica, formerly known as Gloxinia sylvatica, is native to Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.
#Seemannia_sylvatica #Gloxinia_sylvatica #Seemannia #sylvatica #Gloxinia #gesneriad #CUgreenhouse
Whoa I've loaded some gross stuff today. Despite searching, we missed the fact that the dog had picked up this tick. He'd been very unhappy about something on his back end and we'd searched and searched but failed to find it. It dropped off on the carpet at home. I'd seen that the cat and dog were fascinated by something on the carpet, but I took a while to investigate. Yuck!
ID : Ixodes cornuatus (Tasmanian paralysis tick) thanks to Owen Seeman
North Shore 160 makes a photo stop for a CERA charter at Seeman Road on IRM’s mainline. CERA ran some of its earliest F’s trips on the North Shore in the late 30’s. Here they renew that acquaintance in 2022.
The final train for Diesel Days was the Bi-level train, powered by CNW 411, with recently preserved Metra F40C 614 "leading". Here they are as they approach the platform at Seeman Road. Despite all efforts, they were sadly unable to get the gyralight and ditchlights working
"I was in a very famous TV show"
A shot I've wanted to do for a long time was this. Frisco 1630 passes my family's Chevy S10 pickup truck at Seeman Road along the IRM's mainline
Created for:
KP February Contest Fantasy Floral Art
Thanks to:
Corey Seeman for the peonies
David Yu for the butterfly
After a year long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Frisco 1630 passes through Seeman Rd on the IRM's mainline with a coach train in tow
After shooting a sunset, I heard a UPRR dispatcher give a track warrant to a train WB on the Belvidere subdivision. Usually after sunset, trains head EB from Belvidere, not WB, so I decided to try and photograph it. While killing time photographing stars along Seemans Rd, I heard the train blasting thru Huntley. I walked a short distance and got a long exposure of the UPRR train lighting up the parallel Illinois Railway Museum tracks and overhead cantenary as it approached the Seemans Rd grade crossing
Belval - Flow Music Festival - Retrospective
Retrospective 5tet (LUX):
- Daniel Migliosi (Trumpets)
- Denis Ascani (Piano, Keys)
- Mathieu Clement (Drums)
- Etienne Grüness (Guitars)
- Jan Seeman (Bass)
Belval: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belval,_Luxembourg
Belval: www.belval.lu
Sanem: www.suessem.lu
Dificil de ubicar para una foto, ya que apenas uno se aproxima emprende el vuelo, el Milano blanco volvi a la arboleda donde lo vi seemanas atras, el calor lo llevo a posarse en lo alto de los eucaliputs donde abria sus alas, imposible lograr una foto desde ahi, me sobrevolo y fueron varios gatillasos hasta que al fin quedo en mi lente, no es la foto...... aun, pero me gusto el regreso del Milano.
Para todos los flickros plumiferos!!!!!
The electric car makes its way through while 1630 patiently waits. Once the electric car came through I stepped right up for more shots of the steam engine :-)
My location for this shot is about 1.5 miles east of the actual museum site at Seemans Road.
Illinois Railway Museum ~ Union, IL
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Cheshire, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.[2]
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
History
The Chester to York Roman road passes between the settlements of Dunham Massey and Bowdon and today forms the boundary between the two places. The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey Barons. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to the Saxon thegn Aelfward before the Norman Conquest and to Hamo de Masci after. De Masci was an influential baron, who also had control over the manors of Baguley, Bowdon, Hale, Partington, and Timperley. The addition of "Massey" to the name Dunham reflects the manor's importance within the barony; Dunham was the seat of the Masseys. The importance of Dunham is further emphasised by the presence of two of de Massey’s castles: Dunham Castle and Watch Hill Castle on the border with Bowdon; a third, Ullerwood Castle, was near Hale. The Masseys remained barons of Dunham and its environs until the 14th century, when the line became extinct.[3][4]
The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409, with Dunham Massey remaining at the heart of the estate; at the time, only four villages were in the Trafford area. By the Elizabeth period, Dunham Massey Castle had been demolished. Probably during the medieval period, Dunham Massey Hall became the home of the manorial lord, and a centre of power in the area. The hall was rebuilt in 1616, leaving no remains of the old medieval hall. The mill at Dunham was first documented in 1353, although the mill's present structure dates to the 1860s. It lies on the River Bollin, opposite Little Bollington. The first record of Dunham's deer park was also in 1353. The settlement of Dunham Woodhouse dates from the 15th century. During the medieval period, the primary source of employment in Dunham Massey was agriculture, mainly arable.
The Warrington and Stockport Railway was constructed through Dunham during 1853/54. Dunham Massey railway station served the area between 1854 and its closure in 1962. Dunham grew as a result, the population increasing by 57.5% between 1851 and 1881. Otherwise, the industrial revolution had little effect on Dunham Massey, and it remained a predominantly agricultural area.
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall.
The present hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who was amongst the creations of Baronets by James I in 1611, but was later remodelled by John Norris for George, Earl of Stamford and Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was also altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall itself, the stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford.[5]
The site is moated and lies immediately west of the village of Dunham, with the deer park lying to the south. The hall was donated to the National Trust by the last Earl of Stamford, in 1976. The hall was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Inside is a collection of Huguenot silver, the carving The Crucifixion by 17th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons, and a white marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian; the head is antique, but the neck and shoulders are 18th century, it was probably acquired by the 5th Earl of Stamford. The collection of paintings in the hall include Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino; The Cascade at Terni by Louis Ducros; and portraits by William Beechey, Francis Cotes, Michael Dahl, A. R. Mengs, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Enoch Seeman, and Zoffany. The 7th Earl of Stamford removed a selection of paintings to Enville Hall in the late 1850s, and it was not until the time of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford that some were returned after sales in 1929 and 1931.[6] The deer park at Dunham Massey is the only medieval park in Trafford to survive to the present.[4] The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with over 115,000 visitors in 2007.
Governance
The civil parish parish of Dunham Massey was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, and has its own parish council. Dunham Massey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bowdon electoral ward.[9][4] The councillors for the Bowdon ward are David Merrell, Paula Pearson, and Stephanie Poole, all members of the Conservative Party.[10] Dunham Massey is also a part of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and belongs to the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since the formation of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency in 1997, it has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives won with a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party won 1.7%.
Geography
Dunham Massey lies to the east of Warburton, and to the west of Bowdon, with Altrincham approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the northeast. The landscape is generally flat, with some mossland. Dunham Park occupies 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) of the area. The Roman road running from Chester to York forms the boundary between Dunham and Bowdon. The River Bollin runs to the south, with the Bridgewater Canal running through the area. The local geology is lower keuper marl, with a ridge of sand and gravel running from Dunham to Warburton.
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Dunham Massey had a total population of 475. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. The average household size was 2.36.[2] Of those aged 16–74 in Dunham Massey, 42.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[12][13] According to the census, 0.01% were unemployed and 19.24% were economically inactive.[12] 17.89% of the population were under the age of 16, and 9.89% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the residents of Dunham Massey was 43.71. 75.79% of residents described their health as 'good'.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Brookheys Covert
Brookheys Covert is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Dunham Park Estate (grid reference SJ742904). The site is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat and several marl pits, which have flooded to form ponds. The reserve spans 5.8 acres (23,000 m2) and is managed by the Dunham Massey Estates. Brookheys Covert provides a habitat for many animals, including foxes, rabbits, squirrels, and 57 species of bird.[15][16]
Dunham Park
Dunham Park covers an area of 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (grid reference SJ740870). The park is mostly “pasture-woodland or park-woodland” and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer and over 500 species of insect.
Grade II listed buildings
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings; among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.[18]
There are many listed residences in Dunham Massey, most of them dating from the 18th or early 19th century, and many of them featuring Flemish bond brickwork and slate roofs. They include: Dunham Massey Lodge, on Dunham Road;[19] Willow Cottage;[20] numbers 1 and 2 Barns Lane;[21] number 1 Orchard View;[22] The Hollies, on Station Road;[23] numbers 1, 3 and 4 Woodhouse Lane;[24] Big Tree Cottages, on Woodhouse Lane.[25] Agden View, also on Woodhouse Lane, dates from 1725 and has both garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork.[26] Big Tree House, on Charcoal Road, dates from the mid-18th century and features English bond brickwork.[27] Yew Tree Cottage and Lime Tree Cottage are also on Charcoal Lane; both houses date to the 17th century and exhibit garden wall bond brickwork with slate roofs.[28] Ivy House, on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 18th century.[29] Kitchen Garden cottage was built in 1702.[30] Rose Cottage and Farm Cottage are late 18th or early 19th century.[31] The Meadows, on School Lane, was built in the 17th century and features garden wall bond brickwork and a thatched roof.[32]
The farm buildings of Home Farm, including its dovecote, were built in the early 19th century, and feature Flemish bond brickwork.[33][34] Sinderland House, also dating from the early 19th century, is another of Dunham Massey's listed farmhouses.[35] Manor Farmhouse, on Station Road, was built by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; the building dates from the mid-18th century and features both Flemish and garden wall bond brickwork.[36] The farmhouse on Station Road was built in 1752.[37] The barn on Woodhouse Lane dates from the early 18th century and features garden wall bond brickwork, a slate roof, and upper cruck frames.[38] Dog Farmhouse, also on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 19th century; however it may have been an adaptation of an earlier, possibly 18th century, farmhouse.[39]
Dunham School was built in 1759, with additions in 1860 and the 20th century. Above the door is an engraved panel reading “This School was Erected in 1759 For the Benefit of the Township of Dunham Massey. According to the Will of Thomas Walton Gent”. The school now serves as the parish hall.[40] The nearby Dunham School Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal, was built in 1776 by John Gilbert,[41] who also built the aqueduct for the Bridgewater Canal over the River Bollin, which was opened in 1776.[42] The other listed bridge, Brick Kiln Lane Bridge, was also built in the 18th century.[43] Bollington watermill was constructed in the 1860s, and has an undershot waterwheel.[44]
There are a number of listed structures in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s,[45] and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head.[46] The stable buildings,[47] the slaughterhouse,[48] the deer house,[49] the orangery,[50] and an ashlar shelter to the west of the hall,[51] all date from the 17th or 18th century. Barn Cottages date from at least 1751. The cottages were originally a single barn, which was converted in the 19th century.[52] Other grade II listed structures in the grounds of the hall include: the lakeside wall (18th century);[53] two small piers south of the garden forecourt (18th century);[54] a pier north west of the garden forecourt (18th century);[55] the gateway opposite the kitchen (1750);[56] the piers at the south of forecourt garden topped with lions (18th century);[57][58] and an obelisk erected by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, in 1714 in memory of his mother.[59] Near the hall there is a Grade II* listed sawmill, probably built in 1616.[
The Nebraska Zephyr with the “Silver Pilot” #9911 makes it’s appearance at Seeman Road during the Sunday operations of IRM Diesel Days still reserving its place as one of the IRM’s most prized possessions!
Chicago, Aurora & Elgin 431 streaks by Seeman Road on the main line of the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Cheshire, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.[2]
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
History
The Chester to York Roman road passes between the settlements of Dunham Massey and Bowdon and today forms the boundary between the two places. The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey Barons. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to the Saxon thegn Aelfward before the Norman Conquest and to Hamo de Masci after. De Masci was an influential baron, who also had control over the manors of Baguley, Bowdon, Hale, Partington, and Timperley. The addition of "Massey" to the name Dunham reflects the manor's importance within the barony; Dunham was the seat of the Masseys. The importance of Dunham is further emphasised by the presence of two of de Massey’s castles: Dunham Castle and Watch Hill Castle on the border with Bowdon; a third, Ullerwood Castle, was near Hale. The Masseys remained barons of Dunham and its environs until the 14th century, when the line became extinct.[3][4]
The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409, with Dunham Massey remaining at the heart of the estate; at the time, only four villages were in the Trafford area. By the Elizabeth period, Dunham Massey Castle had been demolished. Probably during the medieval period, Dunham Massey Hall became the home of the manorial lord, and a centre of power in the area. The hall was rebuilt in 1616, leaving no remains of the old medieval hall. The mill at Dunham was first documented in 1353, although the mill's present structure dates to the 1860s. It lies on the River Bollin, opposite Little Bollington. The first record of Dunham's deer park was also in 1353. The settlement of Dunham Woodhouse dates from the 15th century. During the medieval period, the primary source of employment in Dunham Massey was agriculture, mainly arable.
The Warrington and Stockport Railway was constructed through Dunham during 1853/54. Dunham Massey railway station served the area between 1854 and its closure in 1962. Dunham grew as a result, the population increasing by 57.5% between 1851 and 1881. Otherwise, the industrial revolution had little effect on Dunham Massey, and it remained a predominantly agricultural area.
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall.
The present hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who was amongst the creations of Baronets by James I in 1611, but was later remodelled by John Norris for George, Earl of Stamford and Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was also altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall itself, the stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford.[5]
The site is moated and lies immediately west of the village of Dunham, with the deer park lying to the south. The hall was donated to the National Trust by the last Earl of Stamford, in 1976. The hall was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Inside is a collection of Huguenot silver, the carving The Crucifixion by 17th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons, and a white marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian; the head is antique, but the neck and shoulders are 18th century, it was probably acquired by the 5th Earl of Stamford. The collection of paintings in the hall include Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino; The Cascade at Terni by Louis Ducros; and portraits by William Beechey, Francis Cotes, Michael Dahl, A. R. Mengs, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Enoch Seeman, and Zoffany. The 7th Earl of Stamford removed a selection of paintings to Enville Hall in the late 1850s, and it was not until the time of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford that some were returned after sales in 1929 and 1931.[6] The deer park at Dunham Massey is the only medieval park in Trafford to survive to the present.[4] The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with over 115,000 visitors in 2007.
Governance
The civil parish parish of Dunham Massey was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, and has its own parish council. Dunham Massey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bowdon electoral ward.[9][4] The councillors for the Bowdon ward are David Merrell, Paula Pearson, and Stephanie Poole, all members of the Conservative Party.[10] Dunham Massey is also a part of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and belongs to the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since the formation of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency in 1997, it has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives won with a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party won 1.7%.
Geography
Dunham Massey lies to the east of Warburton, and to the west of Bowdon, with Altrincham approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the northeast. The landscape is generally flat, with some mossland. Dunham Park occupies 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) of the area. The Roman road running from Chester to York forms the boundary between Dunham and Bowdon. The River Bollin runs to the south, with the Bridgewater Canal running through the area. The local geology is lower keuper marl, with a ridge of sand and gravel running from Dunham to Warburton.
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Dunham Massey had a total population of 475. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. The average household size was 2.36.[2] Of those aged 16–74 in Dunham Massey, 42.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[12][13] According to the census, 0.01% were unemployed and 19.24% were economically inactive.[12] 17.89% of the population were under the age of 16, and 9.89% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the residents of Dunham Massey was 43.71. 75.79% of residents described their health as 'good'.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Brookheys Covert
Brookheys Covert is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Dunham Park Estate (grid reference SJ742904). The site is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat and several marl pits, which have flooded to form ponds. The reserve spans 5.8 acres (23,000 m2) and is managed by the Dunham Massey Estates. Brookheys Covert provides a habitat for many animals, including foxes, rabbits, squirrels, and 57 species of bird.[15][16]
Dunham Park
Dunham Park covers an area of 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (grid reference SJ740870). The park is mostly “pasture-woodland or park-woodland” and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer and over 500 species of insect.
Grade II listed buildings
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings; among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.[18]
There are many listed residences in Dunham Massey, most of them dating from the 18th or early 19th century, and many of them featuring Flemish bond brickwork and slate roofs. They include: Dunham Massey Lodge, on Dunham Road;[19] Willow Cottage;[20] numbers 1 and 2 Barns Lane;[21] number 1 Orchard View;[22] The Hollies, on Station Road;[23] numbers 1, 3 and 4 Woodhouse Lane;[24] Big Tree Cottages, on Woodhouse Lane.[25] Agden View, also on Woodhouse Lane, dates from 1725 and has both garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork.[26] Big Tree House, on Charcoal Road, dates from the mid-18th century and features English bond brickwork.[27] Yew Tree Cottage and Lime Tree Cottage are also on Charcoal Lane; both houses date to the 17th century and exhibit garden wall bond brickwork with slate roofs.[28] Ivy House, on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 18th century.[29] Kitchen Garden cottage was built in 1702.[30] Rose Cottage and Farm Cottage are late 18th or early 19th century.[31] The Meadows, on School Lane, was built in the 17th century and features garden wall bond brickwork and a thatched roof.[32]
The farm buildings of Home Farm, including its dovecote, were built in the early 19th century, and feature Flemish bond brickwork.[33][34] Sinderland House, also dating from the early 19th century, is another of Dunham Massey's listed farmhouses.[35] Manor Farmhouse, on Station Road, was built by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; the building dates from the mid-18th century and features both Flemish and garden wall bond brickwork.[36] The farmhouse on Station Road was built in 1752.[37] The barn on Woodhouse Lane dates from the early 18th century and features garden wall bond brickwork, a slate roof, and upper cruck frames.[38] Dog Farmhouse, also on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 19th century; however it may have been an adaptation of an earlier, possibly 18th century, farmhouse.[39]
Dunham School was built in 1759, with additions in 1860 and the 20th century. Above the door is an engraved panel reading “This School was Erected in 1759 For the Benefit of the Township of Dunham Massey. According to the Will of Thomas Walton Gent”. The school now serves as the parish hall.[40] The nearby Dunham School Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal, was built in 1776 by John Gilbert,[41] who also built the aqueduct for the Bridgewater Canal over the River Bollin, which was opened in 1776.[42] The other listed bridge, Brick Kiln Lane Bridge, was also built in the 18th century.[43] Bollington watermill was constructed in the 1860s, and has an undershot waterwheel.[44]
There are a number of listed structures in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s,[45] and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head.[46] The stable buildings,[47] the slaughterhouse,[48] the deer house,[49] the orangery,[50] and an ashlar shelter to the west of the hall,[51] all date from the 17th or 18th century. Barn Cottages date from at least 1751. The cottages were originally a single barn, which was converted in the 19th century.[52] Other grade II listed structures in the grounds of the hall include: the lakeside wall (18th century);[53] two small piers south of the garden forecourt (18th century);[54] a pier north west of the garden forecourt (18th century);[55] the gateway opposite the kitchen (1750);[56] the piers at the south of forecourt garden topped with lions (18th century);[57][58] and an obelisk erected by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, in 1714 in memory of his mother.[59] Near the hall there is a Grade II* listed sawmill, probably built in 1616.[
During the 2019 Diesel Days, three of IRM's heavy mainline diesels lead a coach train through Seeman Road
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Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Cheshire, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.[2]
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
History
The Chester to York Roman road passes between the settlements of Dunham Massey and Bowdon and today forms the boundary between the two places. The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey Barons. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to the Saxon thegn Aelfward before the Norman Conquest and to Hamo de Masci after. De Masci was an influential baron, who also had control over the manors of Baguley, Bowdon, Hale, Partington, and Timperley. The addition of "Massey" to the name Dunham reflects the manor's importance within the barony; Dunham was the seat of the Masseys. The importance of Dunham is further emphasised by the presence of two of de Massey’s castles: Dunham Castle and Watch Hill Castle on the border with Bowdon; a third, Ullerwood Castle, was near Hale. The Masseys remained barons of Dunham and its environs until the 14th century, when the line became extinct.[3][4]
The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409, with Dunham Massey remaining at the heart of the estate; at the time, only four villages were in the Trafford area. By the Elizabeth period, Dunham Massey Castle had been demolished. Probably during the medieval period, Dunham Massey Hall became the home of the manorial lord, and a centre of power in the area. The hall was rebuilt in 1616, leaving no remains of the old medieval hall. The mill at Dunham was first documented in 1353, although the mill's present structure dates to the 1860s. It lies on the River Bollin, opposite Little Bollington. The first record of Dunham's deer park was also in 1353. The settlement of Dunham Woodhouse dates from the 15th century. During the medieval period, the primary source of employment in Dunham Massey was agriculture, mainly arable.
The Warrington and Stockport Railway was constructed through Dunham during 1853/54. Dunham Massey railway station served the area between 1854 and its closure in 1962. Dunham grew as a result, the population increasing by 57.5% between 1851 and 1881. Otherwise, the industrial revolution had little effect on Dunham Massey, and it remained a predominantly agricultural area.
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall.
The present hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who was amongst the creations of Baronets by James I in 1611, but was later remodelled by John Norris for George, Earl of Stamford and Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was also altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall itself, the stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford.[5]
The site is moated and lies immediately west of the village of Dunham, with the deer park lying to the south. The hall was donated to the National Trust by the last Earl of Stamford, in 1976. The hall was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Inside is a collection of Huguenot silver, the carving The Crucifixion by 17th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons, and a white marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian; the head is antique, but the neck and shoulders are 18th century, it was probably acquired by the 5th Earl of Stamford. The collection of paintings in the hall include Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino; The Cascade at Terni by Louis Ducros; and portraits by William Beechey, Francis Cotes, Michael Dahl, A. R. Mengs, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Enoch Seeman, and Zoffany. The 7th Earl of Stamford removed a selection of paintings to Enville Hall in the late 1850s, and it was not until the time of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford that some were returned after sales in 1929 and 1931.[6] The deer park at Dunham Massey is the only medieval park in Trafford to survive to the present.[4] The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with over 115,000 visitors in 2007.
Governance
The civil parish parish of Dunham Massey was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, and has its own parish council. Dunham Massey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bowdon electoral ward.[9][4] The councillors for the Bowdon ward are David Merrell, Paula Pearson, and Stephanie Poole, all members of the Conservative Party.[10] Dunham Massey is also a part of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and belongs to the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since the formation of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency in 1997, it has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives won with a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party won 1.7%.
Geography
Dunham Massey lies to the east of Warburton, and to the west of Bowdon, with Altrincham approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the northeast. The landscape is generally flat, with some mossland. Dunham Park occupies 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) of the area. The Roman road running from Chester to York forms the boundary between Dunham and Bowdon. The River Bollin runs to the south, with the Bridgewater Canal running through the area. The local geology is lower keuper marl, with a ridge of sand and gravel running from Dunham to Warburton.
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Dunham Massey had a total population of 475. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. The average household size was 2.36.[2] Of those aged 16–74 in Dunham Massey, 42.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[12][13] According to the census, 0.01% were unemployed and 19.24% were economically inactive.[12] 17.89% of the population were under the age of 16, and 9.89% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the residents of Dunham Massey was 43.71. 75.79% of residents described their health as 'good'.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Brookheys Covert
Brookheys Covert is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Dunham Park Estate (grid reference SJ742904). The site is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat and several marl pits, which have flooded to form ponds. The reserve spans 5.8 acres (23,000 m2) and is managed by the Dunham Massey Estates. Brookheys Covert provides a habitat for many animals, including foxes, rabbits, squirrels, and 57 species of bird.[15][16]
Dunham Park
Dunham Park covers an area of 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (grid reference SJ740870). The park is mostly “pasture-woodland or park-woodland” and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer and over 500 species of insect.
Grade II listed buildings
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings; among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.[18]
There are many listed residences in Dunham Massey, most of them dating from the 18th or early 19th century, and many of them featuring Flemish bond brickwork and slate roofs. They include: Dunham Massey Lodge, on Dunham Road;[19] Willow Cottage;[20] numbers 1 and 2 Barns Lane;[21] number 1 Orchard View;[22] The Hollies, on Station Road;[23] numbers 1, 3 and 4 Woodhouse Lane;[24] Big Tree Cottages, on Woodhouse Lane.[25] Agden View, also on Woodhouse Lane, dates from 1725 and has both garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork.[26] Big Tree House, on Charcoal Road, dates from the mid-18th century and features English bond brickwork.[27] Yew Tree Cottage and Lime Tree Cottage are also on Charcoal Lane; both houses date to the 17th century and exhibit garden wall bond brickwork with slate roofs.[28] Ivy House, on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 18th century.[29] Kitchen Garden cottage was built in 1702.[30] Rose Cottage and Farm Cottage are late 18th or early 19th century.[31] The Meadows, on School Lane, was built in the 17th century and features garden wall bond brickwork and a thatched roof.[32]
The farm buildings of Home Farm, including its dovecote, were built in the early 19th century, and feature Flemish bond brickwork.[33][34] Sinderland House, also dating from the early 19th century, is another of Dunham Massey's listed farmhouses.[35] Manor Farmhouse, on Station Road, was built by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; the building dates from the mid-18th century and features both Flemish and garden wall bond brickwork.[36] The farmhouse on Station Road was built in 1752.[37] The barn on Woodhouse Lane dates from the early 18th century and features garden wall bond brickwork, a slate roof, and upper cruck frames.[38] Dog Farmhouse, also on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 19th century; however it may have been an adaptation of an earlier, possibly 18th century, farmhouse.[39]
Dunham School was built in 1759, with additions in 1860 and the 20th century. Above the door is an engraved panel reading “This School was Erected in 1759 For the Benefit of the Township of Dunham Massey. According to the Will of Thomas Walton Gent”. The school now serves as the parish hall.[40] The nearby Dunham School Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal, was built in 1776 by John Gilbert,[41] who also built the aqueduct for the Bridgewater Canal over the River Bollin, which was opened in 1776.[42] The other listed bridge, Brick Kiln Lane Bridge, was also built in the 18th century.[43] Bollington watermill was constructed in the 1860s, and has an undershot waterwheel.[44]
There are a number of listed structures in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s,[45] and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head.[46] The stable buildings,[47] the slaughterhouse,[48] the deer house,[49] the orangery,[50] and an ashlar shelter to the west of the hall,[51] all date from the 17th or 18th century. Barn Cottages date from at least 1751. The cottages were originally a single barn, which was converted in the 19th century.[52] Other grade II listed structures in the grounds of the hall include: the lakeside wall (18th century);[53] two small piers south of the garden forecourt (18th century);[54] a pier north west of the garden forecourt (18th century);[55] the gateway opposite the kitchen (1750);[56] the piers at the south of forecourt garden topped with lions (18th century);[57][58] and an obelisk erected by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, in 1714 in memory of his mother.[59] Near the hall there is a Grade II* listed sawmill, probably built in 1616.[