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carts: a wheeled vehicle pushed by hand or drawn by an animal such as a horse or ox.

Synonyms: horse cart, donkey cart, ponycart, barrow

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They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberately

They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberately

Chatterbox Annual (1916)

It’s winter, and the horses are pulling the sleigh over the snow and through the forest, with wolves in hot pursuit. The young pepole (teens?) in the back are firing thri rifles at the wolves. “Annie [...]

Keywords: horses, carts, people, guns, wolves, winter, snow, trees, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-16

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

The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street

The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street

Oxford (Haslehust and How) (1910)

...the Clarendon Building with its lofty pillared porch, where once the University Press was housed. [p. 30]

Keywords: buildings, towns, colour, roads, carts, streets

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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February

February

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

“— — Then came cold February, sitting In an old waggon, for he could not ride, Drawne of two fishes, for the season fitting, Which through the flood before did softly slyde And swim away; yet had he b [...]

Keywords: months, calendars, february, fish, people, carts, february, zodiac, pisces

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-14

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Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.

Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.

The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-04-23

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street

Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street

The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]

Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-10-11

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Castle Street

Castle Street

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.

Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Porta San Paolo

Porta San Paolo

Mediaeval Rome (1901)

p. 135. Porta San Paolo

Gate of St. Paul.

Keywords: arches, carts

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2005-12-29

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front.

915.—Southampton Gate: North Front.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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1375.—Shooting at Butts

1375.—Shooting at Butts

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A “butt” is an old name for a target used for longbow archery practice; the place where people practice to fire arrows is called an archery butts. The targets were usually placed on mounds of earth. [...]

Keywords: archery, weapons, knights, people, carts

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-12

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth.

2106.—Inn at Charmouth.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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74.—Welsh Agricultural Cart

74.—Welsh Agricultural Cart

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“There are no remains of those terrible war-chariots of the Britons which Cæsar describes as striking terror into his legions. King, who labours very hard to prove that the people who stood up not onl [...]

Keywords: carts, trees, horses, animals, agriculture

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2007-04-16

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