Weald 

16 creative works found

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  North Weald Mobilisation Centre 2
  by PaulHealey

  Another shot with a bit of selective colouring. The graffiti on the back wall really caught my eye.

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  Sussex weald
  by David Kirkwood

  Acrylic on panel / 1998

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  The Path On Grym's Dyke
  by A90Six

  The late eveing sun gave some wonderful light in the wild woods of Harrow Weald. The path runs along Grym’s Dyke. The dyke or ditch is believed to be one of the few remaining Anglo-Saxon trenches in England, where Norse tribes were converted to Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries. / Its name, the grim, is derived from the word ‘hooded’, a description of the dark appearance of the Norse god, Woden. Woden was the carrier-off of the dead and the god for whom Wednesday was named after. /

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  Wild Weald at Grym's Dyke
  by A90Six

  The Weald is an ancient wooded area that has remained relatively unchanged since.. ever. there are a few buildings mostly erected in the 19th century, one of which was the country home of W S Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame. The woods are full of dips mounds and hollows where clay gravel and sand were dug for the making of bricks. The Weald area along with Harrow-on-the-Hill were used for brick-making. Although there were no brickearth deposits, claygate beds and pebble gravel on the higher areas of Harrow Weald and Harrow-on-the-Hill provided the necessary clay and sand. A brick-maker of Harrow-on-the-Hill is recorded in 1589, and the ‘surreptitious getting of a great quantity of sand’ to make bricks was an issue between Pitt and Gerard in the 1630s. Gerard, having clay but no sand at Flambards, took over 100 loads of sand from Pitt’s ground to make bricks, underselling Pitt by 6d. in the 1000. The castigation of this action as ‘against the custom of the country’ suggests that brick-making was already well established. A brick-clamp in Weald Wood occurs in 1609–10, when, as ten years later, it was leased to Thomas Tibbald. By 1685 Matthew Bodymead owned a brick-, tile-, and lime-kiln on land leased to him on Weald Common near Bentley Corner. Other members of this old Weald family maintained brickworks throughout the 18th century at Harrow Weald, Harrow-on-the-Hill, and Pinner, until at the end of the century their property passed by marriage to the Blackwells. In 1767 and 1776 building bricks were the main product, but paving bricks and tiles were also made. The Blackwells flourished throughout the 19th century, their prosperity growing with the demand for suburban villas and workmen’s cottages. Several fine residences—Hillside, Brookside, and the Cedars—housed members of the family. Charles Blackwell built cottages for his own employees at the City of the Weald. In 1831 these housed 120 people, including the families of 26 brick-making labourers. Twenty years later there were 52 workers at the Weald works. In the 19th century the firm specialized in pots, pipes, and tiles. The Blackwells relinquished their interest in Harrow Weald in the 1890s, but brick-making continued at Clamp Hill into the next century. The Blackwell family name will be familiar to those in the UK from the food products made in association with the Crosse family. Crosse & Blackwell is a brand name that would be recognised by most in the UK.

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  Fairy Hill
  by A90Six

  Autumnal colours deep in the woods are picked out by the late sunlight. I’m sure little eyes are watching as I take the shot. Harrow Weald Common, Middlesex.

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  Sentinels
  by A90Six

  Deep in the Weald, three trees line the path, paying little heed to the walkers passing by. /

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  Sit and Watch the Sunset!
  by A90Six

  The setting sunlight cut through a gap in the trees and seemed to be inviting me to sit and watch it sink below the horizon. /

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  In And Out The Dusty Bluebells
  by A90Six

  This is a shot taken in Spring of the bluebells that carpet the floor of the Weald. I remember playing In and Out the Dusty Bluebells as a child at school. I wonder if it is still played anywhere today? In and out the dusty bluebells: All but one of the children stand in a circle, hold hands, and then lift them up into arches. The remaining child weaves in and out of the arches to the tune of In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, Who shall be my partner? The child then stops and stands behind one of the other children in the circle. While they all sing the chorus, the child behind taps on the child’s shoulder in front. Tippy tippy tappy on your shoulder, Tippy tippy tappy on your shoulder. Tippy Tippy tappy on your shoulder, You shall be my partner. The child behind then gets hold of the second child’s waist, and they weave through the arches together, with the remaining children cloing up the circle. Thetwo then pick a third child at the chorus, and so on, with the line getting longer and longer until the last two in the circle foorma an arch, one gets chosen as the last partner and the last child starts a new game in the middle. How simple life was then.

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  Autumn Whispers
  by A90Six

  Suddenly, the path turns and looking out from the dark bushes, I see the Indian Summer sunshine creating a soft oasis of autumnal colour in the midst of the Weald. /

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  Grym's Dyke Duck Pond
  by A90Six

  The duck pond at Grym’s Dyke once joined the waters of the ornamental lake in which W S Gilbert died. The lake has dried out now and has become overgrown, but the pond remains and the ducks seem glad of it. /

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  A walk in the woods
  by Angus Russell

  Ashdown Forest in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. / East Sussex. View more images of England

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  Bo Peep
  by SAngell

  This was the view from a hill called Bo Peep looking across the Sussex Weald. Summer of 2008 with a lovely dramatic sky.

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  Beautiful Boy
  by Tony Golding

  This horse is so beautiful and again I failed to catch him with his ears pointing forward.

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  Blue Sky over the Weald
  by SteveOwl

  The sky was really brewing up for a storm over the Weald, (East Sussex and Kent) and the silhouette of the lone tree gives the scale…

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  Weald and Downland
  by ElsaLiimatainen

  Through the keyhole of building at the weald and downland open air museum in sussex.

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  North Weald - The Squadron
  by Richard Allen

  North Weald Airfield, Essex. —- Nikon D3 with 24-70mm f2.8G ED Lens / Matrix Metering / ISO 200 —- You can see more of my images on my website —-