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Images in our photographic gallery illustrate the range of resources and activities of The Blackden Trust. They are a record of the projects it undertakes and the development of its collections. The Trust is building up a reference library of photographs and would welcome additions to the archive. |
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Gallery contents
Archaeological activities at Blackden
The development of the herb garden
The dismantling and reconstruction of the Old Medicine House
The dismantling and reconstruction of the Old Medicine House
Views of the Old Medicine House
Architectural drawings |
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Drawings by Michael Peach The Old Medicine House. |
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| Truss 1 gable and front elevations | Truss 2 and 3 and wing gable elevations; and first floor plan | Plans and elevations of rear wing | Elevation of the front, with cross section through the chimney |
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Artefact gallery |
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| Some artefacts from Blackden. | |||
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| Flints tools from Blackden c. 8,000 - 2,000 BC | The seal of Hawise, lady of Goostrey c 1200 | Finds from field walking | |
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| Pottery sherds from Grid Square A5 found during field walking at Bridge Farm April 2008 | Fragment of late 17th century pottery | Marbles found in The Old Medicine House | |
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Archaeological activities at Blackden |
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| Finding pottery sherds in a molehill indicates past use of the place | Field walking will yield further evidence of occupation | Geophysical surveys reveal buried features | Experimental archaeology, such as flint knapping, gives us deeper understanding of ancient artefacts |
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| Levelling as part of a survey | Opening a trench | Finds tray | Washing pottery sherds |
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The Gooseberry Archive |
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| Some images from the Gooseberry Archive. | |||
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| The Gooseberry Archive | |||
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| A set of gooseberry scales | Blackden Gem gooseberries | ||
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| (1) Blackden Gem | (2) Just Betty | (3) Millennium | (4) Montrose |
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Friends of the Blackden Trust |
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| The Friends of the Blackden Trust holds events and pictures of these are shown below. | |||
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| The Friends' logo which is taken from a feature on the Medicine House shown in the next picture. |
The original feature on the Medicine House. (Source: Nigel Dibben) |
Meeting in the Medicine House to make Christmas decorations and raise funds. (Source: Friends of the Blackden Trust) |
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The Herb Garden |
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| The herb garden is part of the living archive of the Blackden Trust. As it develops it will supply the herb courses run by the Trust. | |||
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| The development of the herb garden | |||
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| March 2009 - before starting | April 2009 - The Medicine House before starting | Beginning to clear the area | Borders cleared |
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| April 2009 - Marking out the beds | Marking out the northern bed | Marking out the southern bed | Beds ready for planting |
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| May 2009 - planting out | The northern bed | The southern bed | |
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| June 2009 - the beds develop | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| July 2009 - herbs start to flower | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| August 2009 - in full flower | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| September 2009 - herbs in full flower | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| October 2009 - final flowering | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| November 2009 - the foliage falls | The southern bed | The northern bed | |
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| December 2009 - snowed in | |||
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Map collection |
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| Some historical maps. | |||
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| Maps | |||
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| Plan and Survey Book of Heawood Demesne 1789. | Detail from Plan and Survey Book of Heawood Demesne 1789, showing Toad Hall. | Proposed route of Manchester and Birmingham Railway, 1837 Toad Hall is at No.3. | |
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| The names of the fields shown on the Plan and Survey Book of Heawood Demesne 1789. | |||
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The dismantling and reconstruction of the Old Medicine House |
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| Some images of the dismantling of the Old Medicine House at Wrinehill and its reconstruction at Blackden | |||
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| The dismantling and reconstruction of the Old Medicine House | |||
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| The Old Medicine House as it was at Wrinehill in Staffordshire | Dismantling the wing | Dismantling the timber-frame chimney | Front of the Old Medicine House during reconstruction |
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| Detail of jointing of principal rafters of Truss 2 | Detail of reconstructed timber work and plaster showing the distinctive 4-leaf detail used as a logo by The Blackden Trust | Detail of timber and iron work | Sun through mullioned windows |
| Views of the Old Medicine House | |||
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| The completed Old Medicine House at Blackden | Front of the Old Medicine House | View from the rear in the Spring | Front with the holly tree now removed to make way for the herb garden |
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