Post boxes have stories to tell

by | May 1, 2015 | Built Heritage, Cheekpoint memories

Today marks one year of blogging about my community and giving a sense of just how rich this area is in terms of history, heritage and culture.  A theme that runs through the writing is how the ordinary becomes a little more, once you take the time to look more...

Delahunty’s Mill, Halfway House

by | Apr 3, 2015 | Built Heritage

For some reason, I have had, for as long as I can remember, this idyllic notion of the workings of a watermill. It includes a gushing stream of water, the clanking of gears turning in a fine stone building, the dust escaping from corn sacks as they are spilled into a...

Mills of the area

by | Mar 20, 2015 | Built Heritage

In years gone by, rural communities depended much more on local resources to sustain themselves and in agricultural terms mills highlight how important grain was as a crop.  At home my grandmother told me they had a hand turned mill, the base of which is still in...

The selling of Faithlegg House March 1st 1816

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Uncategorised

In last weeks blog we met the Bolton family of Cornelius Bolton the elder, through the visits and writings of Arthur Young.  At this time the families activities were generally of a pastoral nature.  In a few short years however they would...