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surveying the valley south of the estate.
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looking up the Manifold valley
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A lone tree above the Manifold valley
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A lone tree panoramic above the Manifold valley
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Farm above the Manifold
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Throwley old hall in ruins (B&W, Vignetted)
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Yes, that is a proper road going to the right!
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And there right beside the road....
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Converted house!
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Hi, no.605694
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Dribblechops!
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Yes, that's a cow with it's head in the wall!!!
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More dribblechops!
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The Meverell family acquired the Throwley estate including Throwley Hall in 1203
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By 1306 Throwley had trouble with deer poachers & by 1349 A great plague took hold of Staffordshire, 23 tenants had to be replaced at Throwley
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Throwly old hall reflected
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Looking down the Manifold valley towards Ilam from Throwly hall
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The road snakes downhill
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Manifold bridge, the river is usually dry here!
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Weather vane at Manifold brudge
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Ilam Cross was commissioned by Jesse Watts-Russell as a memorial to his wife Mary, and is. officially known as the Mary Watts-Russell Memorial Cross. (B&W)
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Jesse & Mary Watts-Russell made Ilam their principal country home & radically changed the appearance of the village, pulling down the original & building the Swiss Alpinestyle houses that form the picturesque centre of the village & flank the Ilam Cross.
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Jesse & Mary Watts-Russell made Ilam their principal country home & radically changed the appearance of the village, pulling down the original & building the Swiss Alpinestyle houses that form the picturesque centre of the village & flank the Ilam Cross.
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The village school
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Gate lodge to Ilam Hall
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The Holy Cross church in then grounds of Ilam Hall for the village
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Looking over the hall buildings to the end of Dovedale
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Bridge over the river Manifold
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The church of the Holy Cross, Ilam
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Holy Cross, with Thorpe cloud ("Hill settlement") behind
