The name "HYDE" is derived from the hide, a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times it was taken to be equivalent to 120 acres .
Monday, 28 May 2012
St George's Church Tower Views
I was lucky enough to get permission last week to ascend the bell tower of St George's Church in Hyde. It was a wee bit hairy in parts , but was well worth the effort. I managed to take a number of photo's both inside and out. I have posted about 14 below, I will let the viewers guess where they are, because some of them I'm not sure myself.
Thank you so much for these stunning views, and for being brave enough to climb St George's tower to get them. How huge the spires are from up there! Love the ones over the town centre where Brownson's tower - Woolworths - is easily recognisable, along with the back of the Theatre Royal contrasting with its new neighbour, the Mosque. Wonderful.
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Tom, Dave, Paul and I would like to say thank you to everyone for contributing to this blog in some small way - even if that means just reading it! It's been more of a success than we could ever have dreamt of and that's all down to you ! It was our intention to get Hyde "on the record" as it were and it seems to be heading in the right direction. We are very proud of Hyde and would like it's history to live on!
6 comments:
Great views!
Thank you so much for these stunning views, and for being brave enough to climb St George's tower to get them. How huge the spires are from up there! Love the ones over the town centre where Brownson's tower - Woolworths - is easily recognisable, along with the back of the Theatre Royal contrasting with its new neighbour, the Mosque. Wonderful.
What a great set of photos !
Wonderful photos, well done, but what is that strange light in the sky? Oh yes, I remember now, its the sunshine!
I can see my house!
nice posting.. thanks for sharing.
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