Items matching gravestones (results page 1)

21. Stokesay Castle (General View)The Growth of the English House (1909)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Washington Brass, Sulgrave ChurchIn Unfamiliar England (1910)

We followed the rough cobblestone walk to the church door, but could not gain admittance until the caretaker was found, for Sulgrave Church has been kept strictly under lock and key ever since one of [...]

Keywords: george washington, brasses, gravestones, duogravures, monuments, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2014-08-17

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Austerfield ChurchAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“Austerfield is a typical north country village. Less picturesque than such midland and southern hamlets as Brington, Ecton and Penshurst, these northern villages, with their steep-roofed, narrow-gabl [...]

Keywords: churches, graveyards, gravestones, churchyards, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-19

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1049.—Lutterworth Church.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dedicated to St. Mary. John Wycliffe (John Wyclif, 1324-1384, bible translator) is buried here. The church clock was installed in 1862 and is therefore not shown in this engraving, which is was made [...]

Keywords: churches, trees, gravestones, churchyards, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Lutterworth; Leicestershire; England

Added: 2003-07-31

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Old book on gravestoneBooks in Milford Graveyard (2012)

The gravestone has a picture of a book carved onto it. The grave is dated 1869 and commemorates Andrew Minaker. There is an old book on the grave, perhaps a prayer-book or Bible, but in fact a Victori [...]

Keywords: graves, gravestones, pictures of books, books, spooky, colour, tombstones, tombs, death

Places shown: Milford; Ontario; Canada

Added: 2012-09-26

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Iron cross and open book on graveBooks in Milford Graveyard (2012)

The gravestone includes a picture of a hand holding a book. The grave is dated 1869 and commemorates Andrew Minaker. A Victorian poetry book lies open on the grave.

Keywords: graves, gravestones, pictures of books, books, spooky, colour, death, sadness

Places shown: Milford; Ontario; Canada

Added: 2012-09-26

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Open poetry book on old graveBooks in Milford Graveyard (2012)

The gravestone includes a picture of a hand holding a book. The grave is dated 1869 and commemorates Andrew Minaker. A Victorian poetry book lies open on the grave.

Keywords: graves, gravestones, pictures of books, books, spooky, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Milford; Ontario; Canada

Added: 2012-09-26

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Open book with iron cross on graveBooks in Milford Graveyard (2012)

A rusty iron cross, an open book and a gravestone. All you need is a pumpkin and a ghost and it’ll be Halloween.

Keywords: graves, gravestones, pictures of books, books, spooky, colour, crosses

Places shown: Milford; Ontario; Canada

Added: 2012-09-26

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1305.—Church of Aston CantlowOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Shakespeare’s parents may have been married in this church, didicated to St. John the Baptist. The church clock dates from the fourteenth century. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in t [...]

Keywords: churches, gravestones, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Aston Cantlow; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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1308.—Stratford Church: West EndOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

See also Stratford Church Looking In Through The Door.

The niches above the door may have held statues before the Reformation.

Keywords: churches, gravestones, windows, entrances, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Stratford; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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1311.—Luton ChurchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The parish church of St. Mary is an ancient and interesting edifice (Harmsworth’s Encyc.)

I didn’t clean this scan up as well as I’d have liked; as always, let me know if you want the original.

Keywords: churches, people, trees, gravestones, greyscale

Places shown: Luton; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-05

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1314.—Northleach church, GloucestershireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Like many English churches, that at Northleach has been modified over the years. Although part of the aisle dates from the 12th century, most of the church is from the 14th and 15th centuries. [the c [...]

Keywords: churches, windows, towers, gravestones, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Northleach; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2005-07-30

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Romantic and Atmospheric GraveyardWorld’s Best Music (1900)

Tombstones sit in long grass under a spreading tree. There is also a tomb visible, as well as a number of graves.

Keywords: gravestones, trees, churchyards, spooky, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2007-10-28

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GravestoneWorld’s Best Music (1900)

A graveyard (churchyard) with a single tombstone/gravestone in the foreground. A creepy burial site.

Keywords: gravestones, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2007-10-28

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The Post-Office at PenshurstAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Perhaps Tudor or older?

Keywords: houses, gravestones, chimneys, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-03-12

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Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling are prominent. On the left there is a graveyard.

Keywords: churches, gothic, gravestones, churchyards, arches, windows, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-05-04

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Plate 20.—St. Dogmael’s PrioryHistory of Wales (1853)

St. Dogmael’s Prioty was founded by the Tironensians, a French order of monks similar to the Benedictines. St. Dogmael was a “Welsh monk of the house of Cunedda, the son of Ithel ab Ceredig ab Cunedda [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, trees, sheep, gravestones, greyscale

Places shown: St Dogmaels; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2005-05-31

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Old Chained BibleMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible at North Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church. (From a [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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Silent they stoodRecord of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

“Silent they stood, each gazing on the dust Of kindred;—on the well-beloved ones Whom they should never lie beside in slumber.” “The Exiles of Glen Oona.”—Robert Buchanan. [picture] By William Small. [...]

Keywords: people, death, music, musical instruments, dogs, gravestones, spooky, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-26

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The Ancient YewEngland Beautiful (1936)

A huge yew tree overshadows an even older church in this gloomy unkempt churchyard; tombs and graves of various sorts are visible in the long grass.

Keywords: churchyards, trees, churches, gravestones, graves, tombs, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-23

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