This is actually sounding more and more like it! When I first came here there was a building called a fruit store built in the 50s in place of the original, it had always been there but the old one knocked down because it was a shed and a new one erected out of bricks and mortar, I have turned that into an home office now.
There are tons of fruit tree's in the garden ranging from damson and Victoria plum to apples and pears so I think we may have cracked it, although the pond definitely was not used for watering plants at this time as the elderly lady remembers it having fish in around 70 years ago.
I don't know when mains water was installed but I should imagine this took over the dipping ponds job at that point when going green was not an issue or there were not any hosepipe bans, there also used to be a well here which I am trying to recover all that remains of it at the moment is a breathing pipe sticking out of the ground.
Yes that has been a lot of help, and thank you :)
as for garden heaven I think it's one of those things you work towards in life, I knew what I wanted 20+ years ago it took that time to find it, it had all the facets I wanted in a house and then some, it still surprises me now as I learn more about it even down to the pond outside, so I would say take your ideal dream and work towards it and you will definitely achieve it one day, it has always worked for me anyway.
The only thing that puts a downer on it is ?the weeds? they are vicious for want of better words, the earth is almost black so everything loves it here and grows easily including the weeds :(
I spend all the time I can in it :)
Thanks for your help
Paul
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dismalscientist wrote:
That sounds about right then! At Quarry Bank Mill the pond.....................