Comments on: Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire A Site About Everything and Nothing Wed, 23 May 2012 00:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Hugh http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18417 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:32:11 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18417 Hi Chris, Thanks for your prompt reply to my enquiry, as to the site of the watermill in Nettleton. I got the map out on Saturday morning and, thanks to your references, took a virtual hike around the valley. The shape of the pond looks right. Cheers Hugh. Hi Chris,

Thanks for your prompt reply to my enquiry, as to the site of the watermill in Nettleton. I got the map out on Saturday morning and, thanks to your references, took a virtual hike around the valley. The shape of the pond looks right. Cheers Hugh.

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18365 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18365 Hugh, thanks for the comment and welcome to the site, I didn't come across a watermill I'm afraid but were I looking for it I can think of no better place to start than by trying the suggestions from Chris Keyworth. let us know how you get on Hugh Kind regards Rod Hugh,
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site, I didn’t come across a watermill I’m afraid but were I looking for it I can think of no better place to start than by trying the suggestions from Chris Keyworth.
let us know how you get on Hugh
Kind regards
Rod

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Chris Keyworth http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18363 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:11:37 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18363 hi hugh two possible hits for you on this one the first one is Crowgarth Farm TA 1125 0005 this is the most likely spot as there is a mill pond still extant, the other one is further down the beck at TA 1060 0020, no visible remains here though regards chris hi hugh
two possible hits for you on this one the first one is Crowgarth Farm TA 1125 0005 this is the most likely spot as there is a mill pond still extant, the other one is further down the beck at TA 1060 0020, no visible remains here though

regards
chris

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Hugh http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18360 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:11:49 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-18360 Did you, by any chance, on your jaunt last August, come across the remains of a watermill in the Nettleton area. I have discovered a document, recording that it was given to Sir William Hervy, by Brian Scaman, in 1606, which I have arranged to see, at the archives in Kew, but do not know if there is any evidence on the ground. Presumably there would be an ideal site on the Nettleton Beck. Did you, by any chance, on your jaunt last August, come across the remains of a watermill in the Nettleton area. I have discovered a document, recording that it was given to Sir William Hervy, by Brian Scaman, in 1606, which I have arranged to see, at the archives in Kew, but do not know if there is any evidence on the ground. Presumably there would be an ideal site on the Nettleton Beck.

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Jill Lucas Hassan http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17172 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:05:43 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17172 Hi ,Rod, When clearing the house we found some pix of the miners with the mine in the background and I am almost sure we kept them as being historically important and family history, if so they are in my house in Knebworth,so I promise I will rootle about for you ! Small problem , that won't be until the spring or maybe even the summer . I tell you what though, why not contact Roy Thomas or Russell Thomas? They went to CGS with me and lived in Nettleton as their dad Mr. Thomas was the mine manager at the time.Roy is married and lives with his wife in Holton Le Moor where they have a B&B so he should be very easy to track down. We are talking about 1960 ish here.He knows me and we met at the 50 year anniversary of " The Walk" so mention my name , his wife was in my class and to my shame I can't remember her name, she is something very high in the WI . Old age , sweetheart !I also have a feeling Russell lives in Nettleton,but I may be wrong . The third and middle brother, my age , sadly passed away some time ago. Tudor , he was called . They are Welsh. Let me know how you get on , please! Hope this isof some use , LOL, jill Hi ,Rod,
When clearing the house we found some pix of the miners with the mine in the background and I am almost sure we kept them as being historically important and family history, if so they are in my house in Knebworth,so I promise I will rootle about for you ! Small problem , that won’t be until the spring or maybe even the summer . I tell you what though, why not contact Roy Thomas or Russell Thomas? They went to CGS with me and lived in Nettleton as their dad Mr. Thomas was the mine manager at the time.Roy is married and lives with his wife in Holton Le Moor where they have a B&B so he should be very easy to track down. We are talking about 1960 ish here.He knows me and we met at the 50 year anniversary of ” The Walk” so mention my name , his wife was in my class and to my shame I can’t remember her name, she is something very high in the WI . Old age , sweetheart !I also have a feeling Russell lives in Nettleton,but I may be wrong . The third and middle brother, my age , sadly passed away some time ago. Tudor , he was called . They are Welsh.
Let me know how you get on , please!
Hope this isof some use ,
LOL,
jill

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17171 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:43:11 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17171 Jill, great to hear from you again - it's been a long time. Fancy your father working at the mines Jill - amazing ! You don't have any pictures that show any of the mines, machinery or people etc t work do you Jill ? I preparing a separate article just on the mines and have some modern pictures but it would be fabulous to have something from the period. Best wishes Rod Jill,
great to hear from you again - it’s been a long time. Fancy your father working at the mines Jill - amazing !
You don’t have any pictures that show any of the mines, machinery or people etc t work do you Jill ?
I preparing a separate article just on the mines and have some modern pictures but it would be fabulous to have something from the period.

Best wishes
Rod

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Jill Lucas Hassan http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17168 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:03:11 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-17168 You've done it again Rod !! My dad used to work at Nettleton mine as a deputy , and we lived in the school house. My spiritual home is Nettleton/Caistor. The saddest day was when emptying the house in Knebworth, where they moved to, on my mother's death in May 2008 not knowing what to do with his collection of fossils...my sister took them , don't know what she did with them but I couldn't bring them to Cairo ..... Thanks again,Rod. You’ve done it again Rod !!
My dad used to work at Nettleton mine as a deputy , and we lived in the school house.
My spiritual home is Nettleton/Caistor.
The saddest day was when emptying the house in Knebworth, where they moved to, on my mother’s death in May 2008 not knowing what to do with his collection of fossils…my sister took them , don’t know what she did with them but I couldn’t bring them to Cairo …..
Thanks again,Rod.

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15096 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:23:01 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15096 Neville, it's very strange isn't it how some things echo back. I tooo thought about my childhood when I was there and saw the red seam and thought of <a href="http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/red-hill-nature-reserve">Red Hill Nature Reserve</a>. It's a fabulous collection of fossils Neville, I particularly like A and B Many thanks Rod Neville,
it’s very strange isn’t it how some things echo back. I tooo thought about my childhood when I was there and saw the red seam and thought of Red Hill Nature Reserve.

It’s a fabulous collection of fossils Neville, I particularly like A and B
Many thanks
Rod

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Amiguru http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15095 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:18:55 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15095 Rod, What comes around, goes around! Think back to when you were not much more than a toddler, and Chris wasn't even a twinkle in his Dad's eye. That's when I was doing exactly what you have been doing at Nettleton over the last week. You made me go rummaging in my collections yet again; which is a totally good thing as it puts them to a fresh purpose after all these years. Here is just a small but broad sample of fossils to be found in the area in the varying layers of what is officially known as the Ferruginous Bands of the Claxby Beds of green Spilsby sandstone. As the placenames suggest these rocks extend a long way down the Wolds spine of Lincolnshire. The matrix is notably oolitic as I discussed with you on other posts regarding the makeup of building stone at various churches. This is quite evident on the shell specimen of your original post above. When I had to emigrate from Lincolnshire to Essex in the early eighties, it was impossible for me to bring everything with me, otherwise Lincs. would have risen by about two inches so I left my larger fossils from Nettleton at the Immingham Museum including Pectens about four inches across, large Ammonites up to fifteen inches across and so on. <center><img src="http://www.rodcollins.com/images/fossils-from-nettleton.jpg"/></center> The annotations are as follows: A - fossil wood; B - marine worm casts; C & D - mussel like shells called Panopea, notice C is from the ferruginous layer and D is from the green layers; E - Gryphea or 'devil's-toe-nail'; F is of bone and I suspect is either a patella, (non-human of course), or an epiphysis, (engaging surface of a bone); G&H some rather fine bellemnite guards, (a sort of ancient squid). Regards, Neville Rod,

What comes around, goes around!
Think back to when you were not much more than a toddler, and Chris wasn’t even a twinkle in his Dad’s eye. That’s when I was doing exactly what you have been doing at Nettleton over the last week.
You made me go rummaging in my collections yet again; which is a totally good thing as it puts them to a fresh purpose after all these years. Here is just a small but broad sample of fossils to be found in the area in the varying layers of what is officially known as the Ferruginous Bands of the Claxby Beds of green Spilsby sandstone. As the placenames suggest these rocks extend a long way down the Wolds spine of Lincolnshire. The matrix is notably oolitic as I discussed with you on other posts regarding the makeup of building stone at various churches. This is quite evident on the shell specimen of your original post above.

When I had to emigrate from Lincolnshire to Essex in the early eighties, it was impossible for me to bring everything with me, otherwise Lincs. would have risen by about two inches so I left my larger fossils from Nettleton at the Immingham Museum including Pectens about four inches across, large Ammonites up to fifteen inches across and so on.

The annotations are as follows: A - fossil wood; B - marine worm casts; C & D - mussel like shells called Panopea, notice C is from the ferruginous layer and D is from the green layers; E - Gryphea or ‘devil’s-toe-nail’; F is of bone and I suspect is either a patella, (non-human of course), or an epiphysis, (engaging surface of a bone); G&H some rather fine bellemnite guards, (a sort of ancient squid).

Regards,
Neville

]]> Comment on Walking in Nettleton in Lincolnshire by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15094 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/walking-in-nettleton-in-lincolnshire#comment-15094 Rod, What comes around, goes around! Think back to when you were not much more than a toddler, and Chris wasn't even a twinkle in his Dad's eye. That's when I was doing exactly what you have been doing at Nettleton over the last week. You made me go rummaging in my collections yet again; which is a totally good thing as it puts them to a fresh purpose after all these years. Here is just a small but broad sample of fossils to be found in the area in the varying layers of what is officially known as the Ferruginous Bands of the Claxby Beds of green Spilsby sandstone. As the placenames suggest these rocks extend a long way down the Wolds spine of Lincolnshire. The matrix is notably oolitic as I discussed with you on other posts regarding the makeup of building stone at various churches. This is quite evident on the shell specimen of your original post above. When I had to emigrate from Lincolnshire to Essex in the early eighties, it was impossible for me to bring everything with me, otherwise Lincs. would have risen by about two inches so I left my larger fossils from Nettleton at the Immingham Museum including Pectens about four inches across, large Ammonites up to fifteen inches across and so on. The annotations are as follows: A - fossil wood; B - marine worm casts; C &#38; D - mussel like shells called Panopea, notice C is from the ferruginous layer and D is from the green layers; E - Gryphea or 'devil's-toe-nail'; F is of bone and I suspect is either a patella, (non-human of course), or an epiphysis, (engaging surface of a bone); G&#38;H some rather fine bellemnite guards, (a sort of ancient squid). Regards, Neville Rod,

What comes around, goes around!
Think back to when you were not much more than a toddler, and Chris wasn’t even a twinkle in his Dad’s eye. That’s when I was doing exactly what you have been doing at Nettleton over the last week.
You made me go rummaging in my collections yet again; which is a totally good thing as it puts them to a fresh purpose after all these years. Here is just a small but broad sample of fossils to be found in the area in the varying layers of what is officially known as the Ferruginous Bands of the Claxby Beds of green Spilsby sandstone. As the placenames suggest these rocks extend a long way down the Wolds spine of Lincolnshire. The matrix is notably oolitic as I discussed with you on other posts regarding the makeup of building stone at various churches. This is quite evident on the shell specimen of your original post above.

When I had to emigrate from Lincolnshire to Essex in the early eighties, it was impossible for me to bring everything with me, otherwise Lincs. would have risen by about two inches so I left my larger fossils from Nettleton at the Immingham Museum including Pectens about four inches across, large Ammonites up to fifteen inches across and so on.

The annotations are as follows: A - fossil wood; B - marine worm casts; C & D - mussel like shells called Panopea, notice C is from the ferruginous layer and D is from the green layers; E - Gryphea or ‘devil’s-toe-nail’; F is of bone and I suspect is either a patella, (non-human of course), or an epiphysis, (engaging surface of a bone); G&H some rather fine bellemnite guards, (a sort of ancient squid).

Regards,
Neville

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