My latest themed walk took me to places which have names which don't originate in England, although several are important in English, or British, military history.
I started the walk at Budby to the south of Worksop. Less than half a mile to the east, but with no public access because it's part of the Thoresby Estate, there's a footbridge over the River Meden that's marked on the map as 'Pierrepont Bridge' - it's a French word and the name of the family which resided in the hall for many generations.
I set off and headed to the south, soon reaching Ladysmith Plantation , named after a siege in the Boer War.
I then went to the west, keeping to the northern periphery of Budby South Forest until I turned to the right and walked along a concessionary bridleway to Hazel Gap on the Ollerton to Cuckney main road; Gibraltar Plantation was just off to the north. Over the centuries there have been thirteen sieges of Gibraltar; most of them not involving British forces though. Further away Gibralter Lodge is marked as such on the map.
I continued walking along a bridleway, passing a large solar farm before arriving at Corunna Hill Plantation and Corunna Lodge. There was a battle and a siege at Corunna in the north west of Spain during the Peninsular War. Nightingale Plantation just to the north of here is a Crimean war reference of course.
Immediately to the south Battarain Plantation is located; I was sure this name would be included on my list because it doesn't look English at all...but I couldn't find any mention of the name anywhere.
There are a lot of ornate lodges in this part of Nottinghamshire; visiting some of them is a future themed walk that I'm planning...I wasn't counting, but I think I've photographed six of them on my walk today.
The next name certainly needed some research; Fasque, which although it looks French or Spanish, is actually the name of a castle in Aberdeenshire. Fasque Screed and Fasque Plantation were the other side of Carburton Dam, about a mile away.
This roadside monument commemorates Lord George Bentinck, the third son of the fourth Duke of Portland - it wasn't made from Portland Stone though, just some sandstone that's now quite weathered and eroded.
I walked along the road to Norton, I had a near miss with Bunker's Hill over to my left as I headed north and then northwest to Holbeck Woodhouse and then Holbeck.
Most of the herd was far away but these three fine specimens were quite near to the estate road I was walking along; they'd just escaped from the bale jail.
I'd lost count of the number of lodges I'd passed by the time I reached this one.
The last time I was passing the church at Holbeck the lychgate was padlocked shut; fortunately I was able to explore the churchyard today...the church itself was still locked though.
This pretty cottage made a change from all the lodges.
I did a circuit of Creswell Crags and then caught the bus back to Worksop from Creswell.
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