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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1248x875, 2496x1750, 285x200, 750x526 | Frontispiece: Alnwick CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870) A colour engraving, printed using multiple plates (or stones) each engraved for a different colour. We see in the foreground a stone bridge over a river, with a tomb of, or monument to, a dog on it. T [...] Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, battlements, turrets, trees, parks, people, fishing, stately homes, manors, buildings, exteriors, colour Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England Added: 2023-02-24 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | The Bridge at DurhamThe Story of Some English Shires (1897) Etched by J.C. Varrall from a drawing by Thomas Hearne in the British Museum. Walter & Boutall ph. sc. The picture shows Elvet Bridge, which was originally built in the 12th century, repaired in 1500 [...] Keywords: bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour Places shown: DurhamDurham; England Added: 2005-09-20 + S K L R N |
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| 1171x728, 1562x971, 322x200, 878x546 | GodstoweOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896) “ Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was [...] Keywords: trees, views, bridges, animals, ruins, canals, boats, people, greyscale Places shown: Godstowe; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2006-01-04 + S K L R N |
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1026x719, 1368x959, 285x200, 770x539 | Folly BridgeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896) “Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was, [...] Keywords: water, bridges, people, sketches, greyscale Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2005-10-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 152x200, 555x728, 740x970, 987x1293 | Oxford CastleOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896) From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines. There are other pictures of Oxford Castle. “With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress o [...] Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges, greyscale Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-04-09 + S K L R N |
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1038x662, 200x127, 2076x1323, 314x200 | 29.—Portchester Castle, in Hampshire.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) DESCRIPTION of PORTCHESTER-CASTLE, in Hampshire. This Castle which is about five miles from Portsmouth, takes its appellation from a village so called in which it is situate, formerly a confiderable t [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, battlements, bridges, people, greyscale Places shown: Portchester; Hampshire; England Added: 2015-08-26 + S K L R N |
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1087x750, 1172x808, 2343x1616, 290x200 | Cividale: Il Ponte Del DiavoloIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858) The Devil’s Bridge in Cividale del Friuli This bridge over the River Natisone was built in the 1440s, supposedly by the devil, who wanted the soul of the first to cross in exchange for its constructio [...] Keywords: bridges, arches, water, medieval architecture, perspective, foreshortening, boulders, rocks, rivers, water, greyscale Places shown: Cividale del Friuli; Udine; Italy Added: 2021-02-21 + S K L R N |
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1086x1299, 167x200, 611x731, 815x975 | 382.—Alnwick Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A dramatic view of Alnwick Castle in a storm, with its towers, castle walls and battlements standing high on the hillside. The wood engraving is signed J. W. Whimper; this is the same person as J. W. [...] Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, water, battlements, hills, views, storms, greyscale Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England Added: 2011-06-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1158x780, 1544x1040, 297x200, 869x585 | Kelso: The River Tweed and Abbey RuinsThe Scott Country (1920) Kelso is a town in the Borders; the abbey was mostly destroyed at the English Reformation.“Walter Scott as from his childhood, at Sandyknowe and Kelso, familiar with Border scenes, as well steeped in [...] Keywords: bridges, abbeys, ruins, towers, water, trees, colour Places shown: Kelso; Roxburghshire; Scotland Added: 2004-02-27 + S K L R N |
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1207x768, 2415x1536, 314x200 | Plate 4.—Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire.History of Wales (1853) Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. W. Bond. Chepstow Castle is near the entrance to the Wye Valley. The region has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Beauty. There is another picture of Chep [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, water, bridges, boats, trees, arches, people, animals, colour Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2004-03-06 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1248x1428, 175x200, 702x803, 936x1071 | Broughton CastleCastles (1926) The Barbican or Outer GateStarted in AD 1300 or so by Sir John de Broughton and granted a licence to crenellate (that is, to fortify it and add the embrasures for archers ontop of the roof) in 1406, B [...] Keywords: water, towers, bridges, entrances, castles, manors, colour Places shown: Broughton; Banbury; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-06-16 + S K L R N |
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1023x683, 1600x1200, 267x200 | Magdalen College From the CherwellOxford (1910) Magdalen Tower, rising 150 feet in exquisite proportion, and standing just where the Cherwell is spanned by the well-known bridge, is in the opinion of many the fairest sight in Oxford. [p. 9] Keywords: towers, water, bridges, churches, colour, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-04-01 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1064x712, 1419x950, 1892x1266, 299x200, 798x534 | 819.—Bridge at Evesham.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “ “About two miles and a half from Evesham is an elevated point near the village of Twyford, where the Alcester Road is crossed by another track. The [River] Avon is not more than a mile distant on e [...] Keywords: bridges, water, people, churches, christmas, greyscale Places shown: Evesham; Worcestershire; England Added: 2006-02-13 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 841.—Prudhoe Castle, NorthumberlandOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The ruins date from the 12th Century; modern photographs indicate that it’s in slightly better shape than this picture suggests. Prudhoe is about 10 miles West of Newcastle upon Tyne. Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, water, trees, entrances, bridges, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Prudhoe; Northumberland; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Water Tower, with Roman HypocaustThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...] Keywords: towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2005-11-19 + S K L R N |
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144x200, 1617x2304, 438x608, 607x864, 809x1152 | St Mawes CastleCastles (1926) The GatewaySt Mawes is opposite Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. It, along with its sister, Pendennis, on the other side of the river, were built between 1539 and 1545 by Henry VIII, and is a [...] Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, arches, entrances, colour Places shown: St Mawes; Cornwall; England Added: 2003-07-03 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1134x692, 2267x1385, 327x200 | Plate 12.—Newport, Monmouthshire.History of Wales (1853) Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey. Newport City Council Homepage Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, chimneys, towns, castles, colour Places shown: Newport; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2004-03-06 + S K L R N |
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