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Dist:0.1km<br/>The railings along the top of this wall have a bee in each section. It is a recent construction to raise the level of protection against high water on the River Trent.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.1km<br/>Water levels are relatively low for this time of year.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.1km<br/>This has been extensively rebuilt with modern equipment on the last 12 months, giving it a much less intrusive profile. The previous equipment was essentially left over from the time when it was attached to the old Clifton Power Station, which stood to the left of the picture. Electric Avenue is a reminder of its existence.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.1km<br/>The 'To Let' sign is slightly misleading; it refers to this building only, not to the school as a whole. However, a building dating from 1736 is hardly suited to modern educational needs. The tablet above the middle window reads as follows: This School was Erected 1736 pursuant to the will of the Revd MR CARTER late Rector of this Parish who left £200 for that purpose & £50 p annum Salary for the Schoolmaster to be chosen by the Rector for the time being & £5 p annum to buy Books & other Necessarys for the School & £5 p annum to put a Scholar out Apprentice & £5 yearly to ye Poor of this Town & £400 to purchase Land for ye Augmentation of ye aforesaid Charitys . He built ye Parsonage - House Barn Stable & Dove coat. He gave a set of Communion Plate & Beautified the Chancel in his lifetime & left a sum to beautify ye Church answerable to the Chancel & bequeathed many other considerable Charitys. He died ye 23d of December 1732 and lies buried in ye Chancel. W.Tilly Sculpsit Clearly the Rector was a wealthy man for those days. Also of interest in the text of the tablet is the mixed use of p(er) annum and yearly, and also of ye and the.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>Clearly there have been no sales here for some time. The nearest alternative retail outlet is on Wilford Lane.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>Nothing to do with Eddie Grant. Electric Avenue crosses what was the site of the North Wilford Power Station. There is a substation remaining at the foot of the pylon seen here.
©David Lally
Dist:0.2km<br/>On Queens Drive / Electric Avenue
©David Lally
Dist:0.2km<br/>This transmission line comes up from Ratcliffe Power Station and is a main feeder for the City. Formerly there was a power station here too, originally developed by Nottingham Corporation.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>Modern office block on the site of the old power station.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>An alternative view of the pylon shown in [[1218709]], together with the other two terminal pylons at this location, next to the main switching station for the City area.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>The wall to the left is not surrounding private land, but is part of the work to raise the level of flood protection along the River Trent.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>New business area on the site of the former Clifton Power Station, hence the name.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Dorothy Boot Homes in Wilford were built in the early 20th century for army veterans. The attractive semi-circle of houses fronts a private green. The houses are now derelict and abandoned, but there are plans to refurbish them (although I suspect modern-day veterans won't be able to afford them).
©Oxymoron
Dist:0.2km<br/>Not to be confused with Wilford Green, which is at the junction of main Road and Wilford Lane.
©Alan Murray-Rust
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©Andy Jamieson

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