A fairly rare sight of a Eurasian coot in flight. At the Mill Pond, Leatherhead, Surrey.
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A fairly rare sight of a Eurasian coot in flight. At the Mill Pond, Leatherhead, Surrey.
An odd shot taken during a gravestone search this morning . We had two particular gravestones to search out of family members but had no idea where in the whole churchyard to find them , only a rough idea of what they look like . In the end both were located and photographed !
However , for me this churchyard is somewhere that I grew up only three houses away up the road . Here we see a small group of four houses going up the lane ( an unmade single track bridle way ) . The building on the far left is part of the undertakers on the corner of the road and the lane . The house with the note on it was my grandparents house and the view from the upstairs window was entirely that of the graves of the churchyard - even the church was mostly hidden by the yew trees around it .
Seems so long ago when working as a land surveyor that I produced a plan of the church and churchyard with all the pathways and major trees but not individual graves though .
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There are two railway bridges across the River Mole at Leatherhead. This is the upstream one, built by the old London, Brighton & South Coast Railway to carry its Horsham line. Just beyond it is the modern road bridge, carrying the Fetcham road, while further upstream is the red-brick arches of the Town Bridge
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Bocketts Farm, Surrey, UK
Commentary.
Hatchlands Park is near East Clandon north of the A.247,
linking Guildford and Leatherhead.
It is near the base of the backslope of the North Downs.
The Park of 430 acres pre-dates the mansion and is
mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
In 1750 the house was built with alterations made in 1770.
Ownership exchanged several times through to the 20th. Century
when the National Trust took over the Estate in 1945.
The house is open to the public on a few days each week
but the Parkland is open on all days but two, each year.
There is now a café and shop near the cobbled courtyard
where stables once stood.
Some of these have been converted into very smart
but small dwellings, possibly for rent to the workers on the estate.
The interior of the house was designed by the master architect, Robert Adam.
The décor has a nautical theme in keeping with the wishes of the first owner.
The house has a stunning collection of keyboard instruments.
Some of these have been played by world famous composers like
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
The grounds have extensive rough pasture with areas
of largely deciduous woodland and smaller patches of copse.
