Items in Hampshire

Antique Map of Hampshire

Antique Map of Hampshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Hampshire; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394.

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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Overview map of Hampshire, England

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

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Overview map of Isle Of Wight, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237. The Isle of Wight is also known as the Isle of White, for obvious reasons.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Isle of Wight; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Wolvesey Castle

Plan of XIIth Century Castle restored from recent explorations (From a Drawing by N. C. H. Nisbett, A.R.I.B.A.) Norman Clayton Hadlow Nisbett (1860 – 1918) was an architect who worked with Frederic R [...]

Keywords: castles, plans

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Wolvesey Castle

There appears to be a tennis court in the middle of this ruined castle! (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Bramshill, Façade

Originally pre-Norman, the present stately house was started at about 1605, and was designed by John Thorpe. It is now a police training centre. There is an 18th century story that the house is haun [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances

Places shown: Hartley Wintney; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Old Chained Bible

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible at North Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church. (From a [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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Winchester College

Chamber Court, Winchester College. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) Winchester College Web Site I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in 1889; [...]

Keywords: gothic, towers, churches, windows

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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The Font, Winchester Cathedral

Note to searchers: this is a baptismal font made of stone. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) “A feature more specially characteristic [of the county of Hampshire] is to be found in the remarkable se [...]

Keywords: christmas, fonts, monuments, churches

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-02-16

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Romsey Abbey

“It is a perfect Norman church, with only the two east windows and the three western bays added by later hands (thirteenth century). The massive piers of the nave arches remind one of Durham, the loft [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches

Places shown: Romsey; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Netley Abbey

“The site of Netley Abbey indeed, like that of all the abbeys of the Cistercian Order, is choice, and was selected by the founders for various reasons. A spot remote from towns, quiet and peaceful, o [...]

Keywords: ruins, windows, arches

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-03-23

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