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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: suttking on Monday 23 February 15 11:14 GMT (UK)
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Please can anybody identify this location, I realise its a long shot. It is somewhere in England c1910. The bridge is expensively constructed and may be part of a country estate. The large house at the rear has a carved stone plaque with a crown, but cant see what is below it
Moderator comment: image cropped to remove excess white area
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Not much to go on here.
The bridge is at least two carriageways wide, so is likely to be a public highway rather than part of an estate. Also, the trees have been planted to shield the house from the road, rather than to allow a view of what would have been an expensive private feature.
The bridge arches are low and there is semi-mature vegetation very near water level, indicating a river that is not prone to regular heavy spates. This might rule out many rivers in areas of high rainfall, or downstream from an extensive catchment area.
I'd draw a line from Southampton to the Wash, and suggest it's to the south-east of that line. Perhaps on the line of a Roman road.
Hibee
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Any idea where the photographer lived or were there any more with it?
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There is no indication on the photographer, however the photo paper was sourced from a London dealer. There are other photos see my last reply.
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It might be a good idea to scan just the plaque at a resolution of 300dpi to see if it gives any clues....this bridge could be anywhere.
Carol
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There is no indication on the photographer, however the photo paper was sourced from a London dealer. There are other photos see my last reply.
Sorry - which last reply, am I missing something?
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This has photos of stone arched bridges but would take ages to work though without any more clues ;D
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stone_arch_bridges_in_England
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This one looks quite like it.
Trish
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stone_arch_bridges_in_Leicestershire#mediaviewer/File:Leicester_Road_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1277461.jpg
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Amazing. I think you may have cracked it!
There are two more photos, but they dont really help
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It looks like the house in the background may be Egerton Lodge (now a residential home).
By the way, only stumbled on the photo of the bridge due to groom's link!
Regards
Trish
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By the way, only stumbled on the photo of the bridge due to groom's link!
Wow - was that pot luck trish, or were you working through them?
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Good joint effort Trish and Groom.
Carol
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Thanks to everyone, rootschat never ceases to amaze!
Kind regards
Paul
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It was purely pot luck groom and thanks to Carol.
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Quite a good view over the bridge on Googlemaps - even shows the lamp.
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You're just spoiling me now!
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Well done Trish and Groom, amazing!
Here's some info on the bridge, called Lady Wilton's bridge after the lady who once lived at Egerton Lodge.
http://www.goleicestershire.com/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2636931
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Excellent, thank you. You can see that money has been spent on the construction, there is also an Egerton park, so quite grand people by the sound of it. Unfortunately my pictures didn't upload very well, one shows a man in a straw boater in a rowing boat, the other shows him and his children on the bank, I think they must have all been taken on this part of the River.
Thanks to all.
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When I saw that bridge I had a feeling I'd seen it before but couldn't place it - I now realise why. I did a teaching practice in Melton Mowbray many years ago and must have gone over that bridge everyday as that is the road I would have used. What a coincidence. :o
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That was a cracking find by trish18 and groom, 8) 8) 8)
When I saw that bridge I had a feeling I'd seen it before but couldn't place it - I now realise why. I did a teaching practice in Melton Mowbray many years ago and must have gone over that bridge everyday as that is the road I would have used. What a coincidence. :o
Wow, what are the chances of that happening :o
As always I am astounded by the knowledge of people on this site.
Frank.
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I'm astounded given the number of potential locations in the UK!
I have sent scans of three four photos to the museum in Melton to see if they can identify the other locations. The man in the picture is exceptionally well dressed for a boat trip, I wonder if he is from Egerton lodge as this was obviously a grand affair.
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I really can't take a lot of credit, I only posted the link. The real credit must go to Trish who found the correct photo. I do sometimes think our ancestors give us a nudge in the right direction as I wonder what the chances were of finding it so quickly out of hundreds of photos on that site.
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I'm impressed. Well done Trish :D
Jan ;)