Items in England taken from England Beautiful (1936)

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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.

The Baptistry, Canterbury

England Beautiful (1936)

Keywords: abbeys, churches

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-06-05

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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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Overhang—Stokesay Castle

England Beautiful (1936)

See the Location Search for other pictures of Stokesay Castle.

Keywords: windows, manors

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-03-15

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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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Lincoln Gate

England Beautiful (1936)

This is probably the remains of a gate in the City Walls of Lincoln, but I’m not sure: the book doesn’t say, and in any case isn’t very reliable. If so, the lower walls may well be Roman, posibly dati [...]

Keywords: castles, arches, entrances, christmas

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-04-25

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Two Little Homes—Biddestone

England Beautiful (1936)

This book was written by a rich American tourist visiting the UK, and sometimes his condescending attitude that America is the Best Country gets a little too much. But the photo is well done! A thatc [...]

Keywords: houses, thatched cottages, trees

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Under the Beeches

England Beautiful (1936)

A narrow English country lane passes beneath the shady canopy of trees. In the foreground is a dry stone wall.

I am guessing this is in Biddestone.

Keywords: trees, roads

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Framlingham Gate

England Beautiful (1936)

The entrance to Framlingham Castle in Suffolk; you can see the remains of a coat of arms over the arch.

Keywords: castles, entrances

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-09-04

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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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