Items in Shropshire

Antique Map of Shropshire

Antique Map of Shropshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Shropshire; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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Stokesay Castle

“Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...]

Keywords: castles, manorstowers, water, trees, christmas

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Much Wenlock Abbey.

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

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Jacobean Houses in Frankwell, Shrewsbury

These houses were built some time after 1620, so they are after the Tudor period.

Keywords: tudor, houses, streets, windows, entrances

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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169.—Condover Hall, Shropshire

A Corner of the North Elevation showing the position of the lead heads. “A Royal manor in Saxon times Condover, throughout the sixteenth century, was in and out of the hands of the Crown until, in 158 [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, windows

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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173.—The South Front.

Benthall Hall, North Shropshire. There were de Benthalls in 1120, and when, two centuries later, a Burnell of Acton Burnell marred their heiress he took her name as well as her property. Their descend [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, tudor architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Benthall; Shropshire; England

Added: 2008-02-29

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194.—The Parapet

Taken at Condover Hall, Shropshire.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, manors

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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195.—Condover Hall

The West Side.

Keywords: manors, trees, windows, chimneys

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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22. Stokesay Castle. Window and Doorway of the Hall.

“It must be borne in mind that hitherto windows had not been glazed. They were usually of small size for purposes of security, and no doubt their smallness was an advantage so far as the inlet of col [...]

Keywords: diagrams, manors, windows, doors, architecture

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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19. Stokesay Castle, Shropshire (cir. 1240-90).

Ground Plan.

There are lots of other pictures of Stokesay Castle here; try a search for Shropshire.

Keywords: plans, maps, castles

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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23. Stokesay Castle.

Window in South Tower—Showing shutter and stone seats. “... in striking contrast to the gloom of the tower, where the small windows provide a patch of light which only renders the general darkness mor [...]

Keywords: windows, castles, manors, architecture

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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21. Stokesay Castle (General View)

The hall and adjoining rooms are to the right; the south tower is in the centre; the Elizabethan gatehouse to the left. There are also pictures in Grose’s Antiquities and in Oman’s Castles. For some [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, gravestones, gothic

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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