Images of Castor
Peterborough Road, Castor
Church Hill from The Green, Castor
Overlooking Church Hill, Castor. View taken from the battlements
of the church. Large stone house in the fore-ground was Castor's first rectoryand
dates back some 300 years. It was later converted to three cottages but is
now once again a single unit. In the far distance are open fields, now the
site of the bungalows in Benhams Close, built in 1960.
Peterborough Road, corner of Splash Lane
Peterborough Road, heading towards Ailsworth, Splash Lane
next left.
Milton Ferry Bridge
Milton Ferry, c.1910, A view of the A47 that has now changed
twice since this photograph. The gatekeeper's lodge, called Ferry Lodge, was
a toll booth for the road and bridge tolls. It was built in nineteenth century
decorative style opposite Milton Ferry Bridge. but is no longer there. It
can now be seen up on the hill a few hundred yards away.
The Fitzwilliam Hunt meet at Milton Ferry (1906). At some
distance to the east of Milton Hall were the kennels, built in 1767 in the
form of a round medieval gatehouse. In the background can be seen Ferry House,
named after Gunwade Ferry and formerly an inn. To the right is Ferry Lodge,
now moved to a new site.
Milton Hall
Milton Hall, 1916. This postcard was sent by a patient convalescing
at Milton Hall when it was used as a Military Hospital in the first world
war. The message reads, "This is the ward where we sleep. I am most comfortable
here. From your old chum Bugler."