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Pictures from The Story of Some English Shires by Mandell Creighton, D.D., Lord Bishop of London (1843 – 1901). My copy says there were one hundred and fifty copies made.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Mandell Creighton.

The Bridge at Durham

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Etched by J.C. Varrall from a drawing by Thomas Hearne in the British Museum. Walter & Boutall ph. sc. The picture shows Elvet Bridge, which was originally built in the 12th century, repaired in 1500 [...]

Keywords: bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2005-07-12

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Much Wenlock Abbey.

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

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In Needwood Forest

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“. . . the Roman road from leicester to Chester skirted the Forest of Needwood, and was held by a station at Uttoxeter” (p. 177) In Needwood Forest is some of Britain’s most ancient woodland. It is ma [...]

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Places shown: Needwood Forest; Tutbury; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2005-09-20

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