Brimscombe, View From Minchinhampton Common c.1960

Photo ref: B211011

This photo is taken off a knowle in Knapp Hill Lane, above the Factories, of Critchlies, (now demolished0, who made hair grips and knitting needles in the 1960s and Olympic Varnish, who in made working canal boats in 1890. Knapp Lane exits into Toadsmoor Lane and past a factory once known as “Shiltons”, now closed, (who were wool staplers and working in 1890). This area was known as the Knapp Lane ...see more

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, (the "Haunted House" and home of the Duke & Duchess of Kent). The photo looks towards the face of Brimscombe Hill, (and although its out of shot), the 120 degree Corner, is hidden by ...see more

Swells Hill is mentioned in the doomsday book where very little else in this photo is. the row of a few houses in the foreground are the top part of Swells Hill, perched on the "Knoll" Looking east up the Golden Valley to the other knoll of Walls Quarry, perched half way up Brimscombe Hill. Much as it has been since 1901. The prominence of Walls Quarry and the steep encourages the siting ...see more

This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane. This unusual photo looks up the lane, (from its nearest lowest point), SE towards the Brimscombe Hill & Walls Quarry. The lowest point is actually underneath the railway bridge, just emerging as a stone wall, (bottom ...see more