Items in Kent

Antique Map of Kent

Antique Map of Kent

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Kent; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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King Henry II whipped by the Pope’s Order

The text reads “K. Hen. 2. whipt by the Popes Order pa. 88” “henry the Second our King, was much vexed by this Pope [Alexander III] for the death of Thomas Becket, whom the Pope made St. Thomas for op [...]

Keywords: bare feet, punishments, religion, people, royalty

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-27

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262.—Knole, Kent.

Plate 260 - Bourchier’s Gate-house.

The home of the Sackvilles since 1603; it was first built in and around 1457 by Archbishop Bourchier.

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, clocks, windows, towers, doors

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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261.—Knole, Kent.

Plate 261 - The West Side of the Green Court.

Keywords: manors, creeper, windows, doors, entrances, chimneys, courtyards

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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71. Penshurst Place, Kent

Penshurst Place, Kent. The Great Hall. There’s another picture in Wharton’s book, English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans. Penshurst Place dates from the first half of the 14th Century, and was ori [...]

Keywords: manors, interiors, fireplaces, windows, ceilings

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.

On some of these arches is commonly over the key-stone represented God the Father, or our Saviour surrounded with angels; and below a melange of foliage, animals, often ludicrous, and sometimes even i [...]

Keywords: entrances, norman architecture, churches

Places shown: Barfreston; Kent; England

Added: 2008-04-23

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Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1

Pub 10th Sept. 1784. by S. Hooper. R Godfrey Sc. Leibourn Castle (Plate I.) “This castle takes its name from the parish and manor of Laborne, or Leibourn, wherein it stands; and which is situated towa [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, people, trees

Places shown: Leybourne; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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The Chapel of St. Pancras in St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury

The ruins of this little oratory stand near the south-easternmost part of the Abbey-close. It is commonly supposed to be of great antiquity, but this opinion is controverted by Somner, who gives very [...]

Keywords: ruins, chapels, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2009-04-07

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Overview map of Kent, England

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

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Rumwood Court

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’s for sale. [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent

Added: 2006-01-20

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Pound’s Bridge, Near Penshurst, Kent

From a drawing by William Twopeny. “The drawing of Pound’s Bridge, near Penshurst (facing page 14), is in itself a valuable document, recording the condition of the house as it was during the first ha [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, houses

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2006-09-19

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Rumwood Court [screen background version]

A version of Rumwood Court scaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’.

Keywords: colour, backgrounds, houses, flowers, gardens, manors, wallpaper

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent

Added: 2006-01-20

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