The Fylde & Wyre Antiquarian

Some photos of Over Wyre that aren't of historical or archaeological relevance.



North from Rawcliff towards Knott End, over Dry bread Lane, with Knitting Row Lane on the left.



North from Rawcliff towards Pilling, you can make out the windmill. Dockinsall Lane bottom left.



Turkey Street bottom right, Cutts Lane top left.



East of Hambleton, with Cutts Lane, Ghants Lane, Church Lane and Mill Lane.



Turkey Street along the bottom, Knitting row Lane top with Chappel Lane going off right.



Bodkin Lane joining Whin Lane End. Some strange names there!

Frank
Once again great photos. will you please take some of Rossall Beach for me from the Royal to Rossall School to the Tram Tracks.
I would like them for the website.
Phil

They are fab photos, certainly a refreshing change to look at lush green fields

A few more photos over the Wyre.
Knott End


Fleetwood


Two of the north end of Thornton




East of Hambleton

Some more views over your favourite river. (I say 'your' because mine's the Ribble, but who cares)

Brian,
What and where exactly is Ramper Pot, sounds like it should be in the Yorkshire Dales!

Frank,

Ramper Pot is the area/inlet between Stanah and Skippool (marked in the yellow oval on the photograph below):



Nobody seems to known how it came by its name -- possibly it's got something to do with the old earthen sea defences, possibly it's a corruption of Wram (the Wyre dialect word for Worm or Eel) and pul (or the Wyre dialect word for pool or stream). Who knows?

It's an interesting photograph is that one. Note the crop marks in the fields between Old Mains Lane and the now defunct cuttings to Aldwath (Aldwath, of course, meaning Old Ford). I've seen these crop marks on aerial photographs before, although they only show up under certain conditions. My bet is they're the ditches belonging to the old Romano/British road from Aldwath to the prehistoric settlement at the gymkhana field. I wouldn't mind getting a spade and trowel in there to find out...although I suspect the chances of that ever happening are rather slim. Still, you never know...

Hi Brian

Nice to have you back posting. I worked out where I thought the roman road would end up. Basically just extending the curve thats already there and taking account of the higher ground and it ends up near Ramper Pot/Stanah(ish). It also goes past where the Iron Age houses were found in Poulton and takes in the straight section of Skippool Road.

Brian,
I've found some shots of the area from earlier flights which I didn't consider postable due to the reflections from the aircraft window, but they may show more detail.







There's also one of the stream to the north of Stannah, not too clear though.



Also, could you show on a photo the Gymkhana field you mentioned.

Frank,

All the aerial photographs are on my other computer at the moment. I need to port them across, but that'd mean having to unplug the monitor I'm currently using do that I could reconnect it to the other computer, which is far too complicated a task for my half-comatose brain to accomplish before I've finished my first mug of morning coffee, so instead, here's a map (borrowed courtesy of Mario Maps, of course):



The gymkhana field is the one marked with the big red 'X'.

Brian,
Thanks for that info, and appologies for posting two of those shots of Stannah I had previously posted on the Huck de Singleton topic. I must try to keep some sort of records of the photos I've used.