tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6587923669855382388..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Sticklepath, DevonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-90571787583630680112021-01-27T10:22:04.954+00:002021-01-27T10:22:04.954+00:00Thank you! I'll look out for this when I'm...Thank you! I'll look out for this when I'm down that way.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-76796533893336236552021-01-26T18:50:29.598+00:002021-01-26T18:50:29.598+00:00Phillip this looks like a fishing hut on the river...Phillip this looks like a fishing hut on the river Test to the east of Longstock in Hampshire. You can see it from a bridge called 'the bunnies' if you are ever that way again. CHJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31955842921743475272021-01-24T20:14:28.525+00:002021-01-24T20:14:28.525+00:00I'm not sure, judging from the book (Peter Hay...I'm not sure, judging from the book (Peter Hayden, BIDDULPH GRANGE, National Trust), that the stumpery at Biddulph Grange was an original idea. It would be a useful way of using the stumps after a lot of tree-felling, to save trying to burn them. It might be useful looking it up in one of the gardening handbooks of the time?<br /><br />My ancestors came from Biddulph in the 19th century - but I don't think they were into anything more sophisticated than vegetables to try and feed their extensive families. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com