Items in Cheshire

Antique Map of Cheshire

Antique Map of Cheshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cheshire; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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Prestbury Old Hall

The best picture I could find online of this building (or what seems to be the same building) has a caption saying “it used to be the Priest’s House and is thought to date from the year 1498.” If thi [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, windows, christmas

Places shown: Prestbury; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-08-31

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The New or Water Tower, Chester

Published Nov^r. 7, 1783, by S. Hooper. Sparrow sculp.. The battlements were added in the 1640s during the Civil War, when Chester was besieged. There’s more about this at bwpics.co.uk.

Keywords: castles, walls, clouds

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Overview map of Cheshire, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Nether Alderly, Cheshire

“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...]

Keywords: cottages, houses

Places shown: Nether Alderley; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-03-23

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

“[...] 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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Water Tower, with Roman Hypocaust

“The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...]

Keywords: towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-20

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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s School

The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.

King’s School, Chester, Web site

Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street

“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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Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park,

bwpics has a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century. “[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norm [...]

Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, people, trees

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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1046.—Stone Church, south door.

The South Door of an English Church generally has the font inside, and leads through the South Aisle into the West End of the Nave.

Keywords: doors, arches, entrances, churches

Places shown: Stone; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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1047.—Stone Church, Nave and Chancel.

Stone is a town in Cheshire.

Keywords: churches, interiors, arches

Places shown: Stone; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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