Alms House - Stydd - Lancashire by ejn

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 13, 2009

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Alms House - Stydd - Lancashire Bit more interest in Lancashire. Ribchester is an small village in Lancashire which has the remains of an old Roman fortress.Just out side the village is a place called Stydd.The name 'Stydd' apparently just means 'place' or 'farm' an 'estate in land' In 1728 under the terms of John Shireburne's will he wished to found and build "a good almshouse on his estate at Stydd for 'five poor old single women, professing the Roman Catholic religion' to live separately therein". This rather peculiar building remains much the same today.

Comments (14)

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necrophage

6:31AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

beautiful shot!

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timtripp

8:07AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

wonderful technique.... marvelous photograph!

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MrsRatbag

8:29AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

Lovely photo and interesting history; wonder if he had five particular women in mind?

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qrud

8:33AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

great work, lovely.

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allisonbender

9:08AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

Love the texture in the forground !!! Tom

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Merlin_Studios

9:09AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

Lovely shot, I really like the colours, great bit of history too.

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Sea_Dog

9:23AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

WOW! not much more I can say - just WOW!

MrsLubner

9:57AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

How very beautiful. The sweep of the sky is so compelling and the great view with the hedge introducing the scene is stunning.

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Coppens

10:54AM | Fri, 13 March 2009

Wonderful!

Enlightened

3:43PM | Fri, 13 March 2009

Absolutely beautiful photo and postwork. It looks like it has been painted by one of the great masters. Exceptional work. It looks such a romantic place for a group of spinsters to live in.

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