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Pictures from England Beautiful by Wallace Nutting (1861 – 1941), illustrated by the author.

This book was published in the USA in 1936, and copyright was not renewed in 1963, 1964 or 1965, which means it is in the public domain and out of copyright.

Dryburgh Abbey

England Beautiful (1936)

“Nestled in seclusion beside a loop on the banks of the Tweed stands the graceful ruins of Dryburgh Abbey.” says Historic Scotland. Although the title of the book is “England Beautiful” the author was [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Dryburgh; Melrose; Berwickshire; Scotland

Added: 2005-03-15

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A Doorway Colloquy

England Beautiful (1936)

A thatched cottage with an English country garden behind a stone wall, and a huge tree. If you look very closely there are two people standing in one of the doors (thanks to Martina Fuseli for pointin [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, thatched cottages, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Tintern Abbey

England Beautiful (1936)

A ruined abbey in South-East Wales.

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-06

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Ilfracombe

England Beautiful (1936)

The rocky shore at Ilfracombe, North Devon.

Keywords: water, beaches, rocks, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Ilfracombe; Devonshire; England

Added: 2006-10-12

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Old Moat of Raglan

England Beautiful (1936)

A romantic engraving of a ruined castle with towers and a moat.

See all pictures of Raglan Castle; it is also called Ragland Castle in some of the older books.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, moats, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-05-22

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A Saxon Mill

England Beautiful (1936)

This is instantly recognizable as the Saxon Mill at Guy’s Cliffe in Warwickshire; it’s mentiontd in the Domesday Book, and there’s a stone dated 1060 by the door, although the mill was running (it’s s [...]

Keywords: mills, builings, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-11-22

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Old Framlingham

England Beautiful (1936)

The photograph shows two of the towers around the curtain wall of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. The castle was built in the twelth century.

Keywords: castles, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-08-01

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Haddon Hall

England Beautiful (1936)

A photograph taken from an unusual angle; Haddon Hall is just visible at upper left. The Hall dates back to the 12th century, although the present occupants, the Manners family, have only lived there [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, bridges, water, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-08-01

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A Cathedral Crypt

England Beautiful (1936)

Stone pillars support ancient arches; on the right lies an ornate carved tomb of some long-forgotten knight, shrouded in darkness and alone in death.

Keywords: tombs, cathedrals, interiors, arches, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-06-07

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