Wednesday 20 July 2011

ABC Wednesday: A is for Acorn Hill


Old maps of Gee Cross mark the present section of Stockport Road down past the Werneth Hotel as "Acorn Hill".

The house next to The Werneth, lower down the road and opposite the bend, is called "Acorn Villa" and is dated 1879. You can see it on Hyde DP Xtra.

This photograph was taken from the top deck of the new 206 bus route that now runs half-hourly between Gee Cross and Manchester Piccadilly via Haughton Green and Gorton Lane. You can see a slide show of my journey to Manchester on the Geo-trips site.

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11 comments:

  1. Oh. My. What a lovely picture and Information about Acorn Hill. I have visited so many different places today on my journey through ABC Wednesday. Places I will never visit in my lifetime.

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  2. Beautiful shot from Acorn Hill.

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  3. Love the greenery on the building.

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. Love the ornamental grape leaves adorning the building.

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  5. Love ivy on a building...just seems so cosy. I like the name Acorn Hill...sound like a place I'd like as an address.

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  6. Adore all those vines creeping over the wall! Creates a gorgous streetscape ambience!

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  7. Are there lots of squirrels on Acorn Hill? It looks like a lovely place.

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  8. Great photo of a lovely area, and I prefer the name, Acorn Hill, from the old maps.

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  9. I always loved Ivy on the sides of buildings.
    http://reesspace.blogspot.com/2011/07/mission-completed-in-less-than-1-week.html

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