clifton

Most recently in use as the Windmill Tavern the windmill was originally built in the late 1700s on land owned by the locally powerful Clifton family, remaining in their possession for all of its active life. A snapshot description of the mill is given in 1914 in a Preston Guardian article which...

History: Clifton road junior and infants school was built in 1878 by Kings Norton School Board, it also housed the area office for the Kings Norton School Board, in 1891 it was acquired by the Birmingham board school due to the expansion of Birmingham. Both schools left for new premises...

This cinema was opened by the Clifton chain on the 18th of January 1937, and was a copy of the Walsall Rosum another cinema owned by the chain. Seating was provided at both stalls and circle levels, and the proscenium was 42 feet wide. In 1975 new projectors from Westrex were installed, and...

‘Housing association bosses have applied to start the planning process to transform a former Nottingham College site in Clifton. Talks are under way between Nottingham Community Housing Association and the college over the sale of a 19-acre plot’ The Clifton site became surplus to requirements...

owned by the Elliot family from 1845, following the death of Robert Pringle Clifton and the succession of his cousin, Robert Kerr Elliot of Harwood. House blueprints: https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/hes/136628/clifton-park/rcahms?inline=true Coordinates: Latitude: 55.5342 / 55°32'3"N...

Had this place pinned for well over a year and had a fair few unsuccessful trips to it, however I never like to quit and tried again..and I was lucky this time. Having explored Langham Tower next door I wanted to see what remained of the former school. I've never seen any pics of the inside or...

Nice day out with @Fluffy & @Lord Oort in the baking sun. Best time to go underground! History @tumbles did a recent report of this with which did a great job covering the history in detail, so I wont' try and replicate that all. The tunnel was originally a train tunnel as part of the...

Grand Spa Pump Room/Ballroom - Grand Spa Hotel / Avon Gorge Hotel / Bristol Avon Gorge In Clifton, which is a posh area of Bristol, there is a hotel called Bristol Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin. It used to be called the Avon Gorge Hotel, but since Hotel du Vin took it over it had a name change...

Clifton Tower of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol Only a quick report this. It's another one from the archives, but this one was special as it's such an iconic structure. It's pretty much THE thing that people know our city for (along with a big ol' boat). It's the commuter route into...

Clifton Fever Hospital Brighouse, West Yorkshire February 2020 HISTORY In the summer of 1892, Brighouse became a ghost town. Streets were deserted, schools were closed and church attendances drastically plummeted. The reason for the panic was an epidemic of smallpox, the most dreaded of...

Was up by the Clifton water tower tonight and noticed it was abandoned, has anyone attempted this or does anyone know why people haven’t been successful in getting to the top?

Built just prior to the second world war and erected to potentially defend the nearby munitions factory against attempts of invasion. Now just a disused empty shell but an interesting sight nonetheless.

Old magnesium foundry Clifton near Bolton