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Windsor Castle, The Royal Residence Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2009-11-18

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111.—Norman Keep, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A ruined castle with broken towers overgrown with ivy looms in the background on a hill or mound; in the foreground people admire the view; to emphasise the pastoral nature of the scene there are also [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, towers, ivy, people, animals, norman architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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Alton Towers. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Aother beautiful manor house or castle, with lots of towers and turrets. This picture is suitable for use as a computer desktop background image (wallpaper, root window picture) on a widescreen (8:5) [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, turrets, trees, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Alton Towers; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-02-22

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Agra Palace and part of wall and gateway to the fort. Travels In The Far East (1909)

While the centre of attraction in Agra is the Taj Mahal, the fort, palace, and Moti Musjid (Pearl Mosque) are of equal interest. here we see the impress of three rulers, Akbar (the grandson of the not [...]

Keywords: castles, forts, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Agra; India

Added: 2007-10-17

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Berkeley Castle In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“There are few English castles where the spirit of medievalism lingers as at Berkeley and few that have darker deeds recorded in their long annals of crime. [...] The castle, grim, many-towered, ivy-c [...]

Keywords: castles, overgrown, towers, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Berkeley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2007-09-18

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105.—Arundel Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

Parts of Arundel Castle date as far back as A.D. 1068. Since 1138 the castle has for the most part belonged to the same family and their descendents; it has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for [...]

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2007-07-19

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140.—The Old Kitchen at Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Published according to Act of Parliament by Alexr. Hogg, No 16 Paternoster Row. The remains of a castle or manor-house, wih crennelated walls (battlements) and I think a weather-vane (weathercock). A [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, trees, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-08-11

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The White Tower, or Tower of London The Antiquities of England and Wales (Vol III) (1783)

“This tower was erected anno 1079, by William the Conqueror, as a keep to a fortress begun by him in the year 1067, to awe the citizens of london; the architect was Gundulph, bishop of Rochester. Fitz [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-04-11

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1423.—Hever Castle. (From an Original Sketch) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anne Bullen [Anne Boleyn] behaved throughout the whole affair with the utmost prudence. Shehad determiend to be the king’s wife, not his mistress; and from that determnation ensued events, the import [...]

Keywords: castles, cattle, sheep, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Hever; Kent; England

Added: 2008-03-03

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Caerphilly Castle from the South. Castles (1926)

Caerphilly> This is one of the largest, the most imposinng, and the most scientifically constructed castle in all Wales. It must also have been one of the most striking in situation, so long as its g [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Caerphilly

Added: 2010-08-13

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The fort and castle at Osaka Travels In The Far East (1909)

Osaka, April 13th: The next morning dawned brightly, and we left in jinrikishas for a general tour, first visiting the fort where stands a noted castle, very picturesque in appearance. We hen visite [...]

Keywords: castles, moats, walls, fortifications, greyscale

Places shown: Osaka; Osaka Prefecture; Japan

Added: 2010-06-15

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Coity Castle, Glamorganshire History of Wales (1853)

A wood-engraving of the ruins of Coity Castle, complete with a young woman carrying a basket and a spade, perhaps growing vegetables in the former courtyard! The castle does not appear to be mentioned [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, people, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Bridgend; Glamorganshire; Wales

Added: 2008-09-28

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