Items in Wiltshire

Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wide-screen version

A version of Stone Henge in Wiltshire [1780] cropped and resized for use on an HDTV or a wide-screen computer monitor. There is also a 4:3 version, e.g. 1600x1200 or 1024x768.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, monuments, ruins, people, spooky

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version

A version of Stone Henge in Wiltshire [1780] with the publisher’s name removed from the bottom, making it the right shape for many computer screens. There is also a widescreen stonehenge wallpaper ver [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, spooky

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Antique Map of Wiltshire

Antique Map of Wiltshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.

Stonehenge in a woodcut from 1786. I would not assume that the drawing is very accurate. In the foreground is a group of people on the ground, to give a sense of scale. Stone Henge, in Wiltshire. Pu [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Cricklade

“To all intents and purposes it is at Cricklade that the Thames comes into existence, and to ninety-nine Thams enthusiasts out of a hundred Cricklade itself is a mere name.” (p. 118)

Keywords: rivers, trees, water

Places shown: Cricklade; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-07-05

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312.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire

The Ancient Cut Box Tree on the South Lawn

Keywords: manors, trees, entrances, creeper, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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311.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire

Church, Stable and House

The church predates 1275 but the main part of the house probably dates from the 1560s. The south porch bears the date 1601, however.

Keywords: manors, churches, trees, sundials, creeper, windows

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece].

“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, trees, gates

Places shown: Sheldons; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Overview map of Wiltshire, England

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

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Wilton House

It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire. WILTON HOUSE, WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. Wilton House is an impo [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Wilton; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2007-02-10

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A Doorway Colloquy

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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Two Little Homes—Biddestone

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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