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From one direction, this mediaeval church dominates the market place, from others it rises above trees and fields
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Houses on the northern edge of Aylsham can be seen in the background.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>On Millgate.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Now Bridge House, by the bridge over the River Bure, on Millgate; upstream from Millgate Mill > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/881948. The building existed in 1746 and was purchased by Robert Parmeter in 1771. Described as `A Carriers House containing a Large Parlour, Good Tap and Bar, Stone Paved Cellar, Kitchen and Store Room; Four Bedrooms, Two Attics, Yard in Rear with gates to Road in which there is Stabling for about 20 Horses and a Skittle Ground; Also Good Gardens bounded by River. It also had a herring curing house. The Anchor Inn closed in 1961 and is now a private dwelling house. http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolka/aylsham/aylsan.htm Not having experienced any disastrous 17th or 18th century fires, the medieval street pattern and many or the houses in the historical core of Aylsham have survived and there are 240 listed buildings here (accounting for 20% of all listed buildings in the district of Broadland). The Millgate area to the northeast of the town, however, was developed during the late 18th century, when the completion of the Bure navigation canal (Aylsham Navigation) brought further wealth to the town. One of the important features of Aylsham houses (and buildings in surrounding parishes) is the use of bricks for building, influenced by the nearby Blickling Hall. The development of Flemish bond brickwork and Dutch shaped gables influenced builders in the area and a cluster of early to mid 17th century brick buildings can be found within a five mile radius around Blickling, in an area where flint was the commonly used building material.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Numbers 3 and 5, Millgate - a pair of early 19th century cottages. Flint pebbles were used for the frontage and for creating a decorative centre panel depicting a curving swastika design. Not having experienced any disastrous 17th or 18th century fires, the medieval street pattern and many or the houses in the historical core of Aylsham have survived and there are 240 listed buildings here (accounting for 20% of all listed buildings in the district of Broadland). The Millgate area to the northeast of the town, however, was developed during the late 18th century, when the completion of the Bure navigation canal (Aylsham Navigation) brought further wealth to the town. One of the important features of Aylsham houses (and buildings in surrounding parishes) is the use of bricks for building, influenced by the nearby Blickling Hall. The development of Flemish bond brickwork and Dutch shaped gables influenced builders in the area and a cluster of early to mid 17th century brick buildings can be found within a five mile radius around Blickling, in an area where flint was the commonly used building material.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>On Gashouse Hill - a Wesleyan chapel built in 1868. Established over 150 years ago as 'Aylsham Tabernacle' the ACC (Aylsham Community Church) was part of the circuit of Wesleyan Reform Union churches; in the 1980s the church joined with Newfrontiers. The building has since been converted into a private dwelling house.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Creating bright yellow dots on the surface of the River Bure.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>At this spot the River Bure is only a few metres distant from its canal > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/885838. The completion of the Bure navigation canal (the so-called Aylsham Navigation) in 1773 brought further wealth to the prosperous town and led to the development around Millgate. William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845 reports that "The Bure, which washes the foot of the town, was formerly only navigable from Yarmouth to Coltishall, (11 miles below Aylsham bridge by the water, and 7 by land) but in 1773, an act was obtained for extending the navigation to Aylsham, for boats of 14 tons burthen, drawing two feet five inches water, which was completed after many difficulties and interruptions, in Oct., 1779, at a cost of upwards of £6000, including the cost of the basin and wharfs near the bridge, where much business is done in coal, corn, timber, &c." On 26th August 1912 the great flood destroyed all locks and the Aylsham Navigation was closed; in 1967 the mill was vacated and in 1974 the Aylsham Canal basin was filled in. See also > http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/aylsham-navigation.html
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Dist:0.2km<br/>This kissing gate stands at the start of a public footpath which turns off the Weavers Way long distance footpath and leads to Aylsham.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>It now carries the Weavers Way long distance footpath. The path here follows a dismantled railway line which was operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line, linking the Midlands with the Norfolk Coast. Opened by the Eastern and Midlands Railway, it became the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, and was later converted to a joint operation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, with the London and North Eastern Railway taking sole operation in 1936. The line was closed in 1959.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge seen in mid-distance carried the railway line over a drain. The path here follows a dismantled railway line which was operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line, linking the Midlands with the Norfolk Coast. Opened by the Eastern and Midlands Railway, it became the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, and was later converted to a joint operation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, with the London and North Eastern Railway taking sole operation in 1936. The line was closed in 1959.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>A very small house by The Staithe, on Millgate (compare size with parked blue car). The flock of domestic geese seen in the background > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/882345 are resting by the River Bure, just upstream of Millgate Mill > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/881948. One of only a few remaining tiny cottages that once used to line the road here. Not having experienced any disastrous 17th or 18th century fires, the medieval street pattern and many or the houses in the historical core of Aylsham have survived and there are 240 listed buildings here (accounting for 20% of all listed buildings in the district of Broadland). The Millgate area to the northeast of the town, however, was developed during the late 18th century, when the completion of the Bure navigation canal (Aylsham Navigation) brought further wealth to the town. One of the important features of Aylsham houses (and buildings in surrounding parishes) is the use of bricks for building, influenced by the nearby Blickling Hall. The development of Flemish bond brickwork and Dutch shaped gables influenced builders in the area and a cluster of early to mid 17th century brick buildings can be found within a five mile radius around Blickling, in an area where flint was the commonly used building material.
©Evelyn Simak
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