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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2017
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4024 words, 2,600 images and viewed 1,905 times.
Updated 4 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Reid
Adam Ward (6363) 5
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2016
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4076 words, 2,609 images and viewed 1,646 times.
Updated 4 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to AlastairG
Adam Ward (6363) 15
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2014
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4245 words, 2,675 images and viewed 1,905 times.
Updated 12 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to alistairG
Adam Ward (6363) 3
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Descriptive words on OS maps
Article by David Hawgood, with 20201 words, 1,716 images and viewed 24,476 times.
Updated 14 days ago.
This is a work in progress. Through the Geograph discussion forum we are collecting examples of as many descriptive words as possible used on Ordnance Survey maps, and we want examples of others. We have also worked through OS Mastermap Real World Object Catalogue . This lists anything which can be ...
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2012
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4638 words, 2,790 images and viewed 2,023 times.
Updated 17 days ago.
A: A runningman to Albert Bridge ...
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2011
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4285 words, 2,555 images and viewed 2,081 times.
Updated 17 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Tunnicliffe ...
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Images shortlisted for GOTY, 2009
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4667 words, 2,575 images and viewed 1,689 times.
Updated 18 days ago.
A: adam sommerville to Alexander P Kapp ...
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2023
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3950 words, 2,632 images and viewed 1,957 times.
Updated 18 days ago.
A: A J Paxton to AJD
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2022
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3897 words, 2,620 images and viewed 2,317 times.
Updated 19 days ago.
A: A J Paxton to Ajay Tegala
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2020
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3979 words, 2,603 images and viewed 2,056 times.
Updated 21 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to AJD
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2019
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4102 words, 2,679 images and viewed 2,123 times.
Updated 22 days ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Hughes
Adam Ward (6363) 16
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British Road Signs 2002
Article by Road Engineer, with 6011 words, 452 images and viewed 10,488 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
Introduction
This article is a collection of photos of British road signs.
For simplicity, the photos in this article are structured using the following headings:
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| | Warning Signs: | | Regulatory Signs: | | Informatory Signs: |
| | Junctions | | Compulsory ...
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Class 156 diesel multiple units
Article by JThomas, with 4255 words, 513 images and viewed 3,906 times.
Updated 2 months ago.
Introduction
[img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/156_front.jpg Class 156 No. 156413 Market Rasen Railway Station]
The British Rail Class 156 Sprinter is a class of diesel multiple-unit trains. Each consisting of two carriages, a total of 114 sets were built ...
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The Long Winter 1962-3
Article by Julian Paren, with 673 words, 79 images and viewed 1,721 times.
Updated 11 months ago.
The Long Winter 1962-63
Introduction
The introduction by Geoffrey Moorhouse to a Guardian pamphlet with the title The Long Winter 1962-63 (price 6d) says
BY any standard the winter of 1962-3 was one of the hardest Great Britain has ever had. It has been reckoned that in the Midlands, which didn’t ...
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WW1 Great War Centenary - Drill Halls
Article by John M, with 13781 words, 1,165 images and viewed 29,717 times.
Updated 59 months ago.
Introduction
Drill halls were built from 1860 for the local Rifle Volunteer Corps funded by public subscription or local benefactors. This became more formalised with the 1863 Volunteer Act. The units required a secure armoury and place to train. Initially this may have been found in the town hall, ...
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Scotch Malt Whisky Distilleries
Article by Anne Burgess, with 2232 words, 855 images and viewed 8,244 times.
Updated 62 months ago.
Whisky, Uisge Beatha, the Water of Life, is one of Scotland's best-known products, enjoyed by millions the world over. Note that in Scotland, the word 'Scotch' is always an adjective, and never a noun. Only foreigners ever ask for 'a Scotch', because it's assumed that if you ask for a whisky, or a ...
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Scottish Castles
Article by Oast House Archive, with 7281 words, 558 images and viewed 19,814 times.
Updated 72 months ago.
An evolving List of surviving Castles in Scotland.
This does not include earthworks and demolished castles.
Also see England, Ireland and Wales
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Aberdeenshire to Ayrshire
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*| Photo | Region | Castle | Grid square |
| 494936 | Aberdeenshire | Asloun Castle | [] ...
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Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos
Article by Chris Downer, with 52102 words, 2,760 images and viewed 41,759 times.
Updated 79 months ago.
INTRODUCTION
This article takes a little look back at the history of postal addressing, especially the period in the 1970s when the postcodes became national. We look at post towns, postal counties and postcodes and the way these have developed.
Following this, an album displays a photograph from ...
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Tweeted from @geograph_bi in August 2014
Gallery started by Robin Stott, with 8 posts, 151 images and viewed 672 times.
Updated 121 months ago.
A gallery of daily tweets is a way (a) for contributors who subscribe to email notifications to learn that one of their pics has been posted on Geograph's Twitter account ('tweeted'); (b) to show any viewer the quality and range of the photos tweeted without going to Twitter; (c) to ...
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Great Glen Way
Article by Craig Wallace, with 870 words, 116 images and viewed 1,508 times.
Updated 121 months ago.
... -distance path in the Highlands of Scotland. It runs between Fort William (NN1074) and Inverness (NH6645), along the Great Glen, a distance of about 127 ...
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Scottish Placenames - Derivation
Gallery started by Colin Smith, with 52 posts, 271 images and viewed 13,695 times.
Updated 175 months ago.
Not a precise art by any means, but there are many common themes as to how Scottish placenames have evolved. They come from a variety of languages and geographical locations, old and new, and the derivation of many placenames is still quite academic guesswork.ABER (Brittonic, Pictish) - river mouth ...
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Geographical Features: Settlement Growth / Location
Gallery started by Colin Smith, with 39 posts, 192 images and viewed 10,020 times.
Updated 194 months ago.
University Towns 118509 126793 543110 321838 173106 Gap Towns 646708 558744 342266 47967 39934 Fishing Towns 115530 602963 390295 345718 387179 Roman Towns 643306 435253 2628 407695 1250 First / Lowest Bridging Point Towns 325138 29192 76138 ...