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The hall was the home of the Towneley family from around 1200. The family once owned extensive estates in and around Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. The hall not only contains the 15th-century Whalley Abbey vestments, but also has its own chapel – with a finely carved altarpiece made in Antwerp around 1525. The Hall is now a museum and Art Gallery
Townley Park, Burnley, Lancashire
The Foldys Cross has been at the top of Lime Avenue in Towneley Park since 1911. Latin words at the base ask us to “pray for the soul of John Foldys, chaplain, who caused this cross to be made – AD1520”.
It was cleaned and restored with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2009.
It has been the subject of much controversy since it was brought to Towneley by Charles Townley (1737-1805) around 1789.
Townley Park, Burnley, Lancashire
It was great to see this magnificent old tree that had not been felled but left as a reminder of what it once was. I find these old stumps so fascinating!
BNSF L-HLA8401 heads south at Sugar Town road shortly after departing from Townley just north of here.
The rain wasn't the greatest but I sure do like the way the photos turned out.
The original Norfolk Southern heritage locomotive leads train number 218 down the Columbus District between Piketon and Lucasville, Ohio.
The Mill's History
Started in 1730 by the Townley family, the Path Head Mill worked as a corn mill until 1828. During its working life it changed owners to the Cowen family.
Around 1974 the farm buildings became derelict, of which the later 1930's farmhouse is the only survivor. The area was then surrounded by extensive gravel extraction and only poultry survived. Evidence of vehicles was found during the excavations around the mill building.
The mill pond was choked with fallen willow trees and these were removed to clear access to the building and the pond. The old corn stack terraces had their dry stone walls repaired and a pole barn was erected to cover some of our engineering artefacts..
Wheeling and Lake Erie 3049 and 3073 pull a local over the Huron River in Monroeville, Ohio. The closest bridge is the former New York Central right of way that is now a bike path.
Norfolk Southern trains 234 and 217 meet at South Court Street in Circlveille, Ohio as the setting sun nears the horizon.
A little gem tucked right away in the woods.
"Built in 1880, the church was built by William Townley Mitford – the Member of Parliament for Midhurst – and dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels. Back in the 1870s religious morals and education were considered vital for the rural communities in the Sussex Weald, and many buildings were erected to serve as both schoolrooms and places of worship.
At one time the school had 60 pupils and 3 teachers, but by the end of the First World War the building was falling into neglect and closed as a school in 1925. For a while the building still operated as a church, but in 1959 it was abandoned completely" (with thanks to the Bepton Ranger for the bio).
The Lehigh Valley heritage locomotive leads coal train number 720 east out of Pembroke Tunnel in Virginia on Norfolk Southern's scenic Christiansburg District.
Norfolk Southern's Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit and a pair of Union Pacific SD70M's lead mixed freight number 170 through the farmland near Monnett, Ohio.
"St Michaels and All Angels Anglian Church" (its true name) was built in 1880, to serve Bedham and district. Built by William Townley Mitford MP of Pitshill manor, its purpose was to be a school during the week and a church at weekends, and in its heyday housed three teachers and sixty children.
The school was closed in 1925, but continued to serve as a church until 1959.
There are beliefs that the place is haunted, or enchanted. I felt nothing untoward during my visit, on a sunny October morning.
On our way there, we did see Dave Gilmour in his car coming toward us.
After crossing the Ohio River span, NKP 190, SOO 2500A, CB&Q 9911A and C&NW 411 glide over Kenova, West Virginia on their way to Spencer, North Carolina.
Ohio Central NPT crosses the Licking River in Newark, Ohio with a vibrant sunset illuminating the sky behind it.
The Townley Venus is a 2.14 m (7 ft) high 1st or 2nd century AD Roman sculpture in Proconnesian marble of the goddess Venus, from the collection of Charles Towneley, as on display in British Museum, London.
Charles Townley/Towneley (1737-1805) was a wealthy English country gentleman, antiquary and collector, whose collection counts some 300 items in the British Museum.
A Norfolk Southern mixed freight passes the NKP style signals at Arcadia, Ohio in the final light of the day.
Eugene Group (1974) by Hugh Townley - Alton Baker Park - Eugene Oregon
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Norfolk Southern 4270 leads their office car special across the curved truss bridge spanning the Tuscarawas River in Massillon, Ohio.
CSX Dash 8-40CW number 7833 leads mixed freight number Q505 down Main Street in La Grange, Kentucky.
Norfolk Southern's Monongahela heritage locomotive speeds through Lewis Center, Ohio on the point of coal train 748.
Norfolk Southern 7650 crosses the Trace Fork Viaduct on the point of a coal train as it tackles the 1.8-percent grade near Amonate, Virginia along the Dry Fork Branch.
Nickel Plate Road 765 spends the night at Fitzwater Shops next to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad C424 number 4241.
CSX Q008 passes through Marion, Ohio with Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage locomotive in the lead. The train is on the former Conrail Mt. Victory Subdivision and this photo was taken from inside Conrail's AC Tower.
I used two flashes to match the outside light with the interior of the tower.
A pair of standard cab Dash 8's pull an autorack train through the fall foliage along the LCL Subdivision.
Excerpt from www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/812-wharf-street-victor...:
812 Wharf Street – Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre
This Art Deco building at 812 Wharf Street, at the intersection of Government Street and Wharf Street, across from the Empress Hotel, is now the Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre.
This building was originally built in 1931 by the Vancouver architectural firm of Townley and Matheson – [Fred Laughton Townley (1887-1966) and Robert Michael Matheson (1887-1935)] – as a service station for Imperial Oil. It is an historically significant building, placed on Canada’s Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The building’s tower featured a 10 million candle power Sperry Beacon, intended as a navigational aid for float planes approaching Victoria’s Inner Harbour at night, which could seen up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. The Sperry Beacon is still in place.
In March 2015, the City of Victoria purchased 812 Wharf Street from the Province of British Columbia for $7.98 million. The City of Victoria paid these funds from its Building and Infrastructure Reserve Fund and intends to pay back the money, with interest, over a 22-year period.
At the time of the purchase, the City of Victoria stated that this building produced $980,000 in annual revenue with annual expenses of $520,000.
The 1931 design incorporated an earlier one-story brick structure built on the site in 1911 by the City of Victoria, at a cost of $11,000, as a “public comfort.” When the Imperial Oil station opened in 1931 the Daily Colonist reported that “the city comfort station….has been taken over by [Imperial Oil] and improved. It will be maintained by [Imperial Oil] under an agreement with the city.”
The Daily Colonist also reported that the new Causeway Garage offered everything required for the “fueling, storage, washing, greasing and repairing of cars, also handling the Vancouver Island agency for Stromberg carburetors and Bendix brakes……The general repair section is located on the lower floor, reached by an easy grade ramp, wide enough to accommodate two cars abreast…” This “easy grade ramp” is still evident today.
A 6-image panorama taken during the night photoshoot at the Streamliners at Spencer, North Carolina event.