Round The Coast (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover, Round The Coast]

Images and text from Round the Coast, published by George Newness in 1895.

Photographs taken in the UK by a British citizen and published in the UK before 1945 are out of copyright.

Title: Round The Coast

Author: unknown

Published by: George Newness Limited

City: London

Date: 1895

Total items: 6

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: 1.---Scarborough: General View of the South Bay]

1.—Scarborough: General View of the South Bay

A fairly crowded beach even by modern standards, with Victorian bathing machines.

From a Photo. by Poulton & Son.

“This has been called the “Queen of English Watering-Places,” and is at least unrivalled on the eastern coast of England. Spread out like an amphitheatre upon a bay and promontory looking over the German ocean, its houses rise tier behind tier away from the sea. Scarborough is sheltered on the north-east by a precipitous rock, near the top of which is a level space of about nineteen acres, on which stands the Castle of Scarborough, the most prominent feature from the sea. This castle dates from the [more...] [$]

[picture: Fowey: Entrance to the harbour.]

Fowey: Entrance to the harbour.

FOWEY.—This has been described as a miniature Dartmouth, and is a small seaport with a picturesque harbour at the mouth of the Fowey. This little place is 280 miles from London. In the old days it shared with Plymouth and Dartmouth the maritime supremacy of the south of England, and Looe, Truro, and Penryn were merely regarded as creeks belonging to its [...] [more...]

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[picture: Title Page, Round The Coast]
[picture: 18.---Carnarvon: the Castle.]

18.—Carnarvon: the Castle.

Carnarvon Castle, with sailing boats (US: sailboats) and, in the foreground, two boys in a rowing boat (US: rowboat). The castle towers in the background are also part of the castle. [more...]

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[picture: Front Cover, Round The Coast]

Front Cover, Round The Coast

A simple binding.

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Images and text from Round the Coast, published by George Newness in 1895.

Photographs taken in the UK by a British citizen and published in the UK before 1945 are out of copyright.


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