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1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 2486x1662, 319x200 | Windsor Castle, The Royal ResidencePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...] Keywords: castles, towers, buildings, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England Added: 2009-11-18 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 149x200, 1753x2349, 560x750, 877x1175 | Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...] Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England Added: 2020-10-15 + S K L R N |
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| 1065x1132, 1421x1509, 188x200, 478x484, 799x849 | 42.—Wayland Smith’s CaveOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) In the neighbourhood of Lambourn, in Berkshire, are many barrows, and amongst them is found the cromlech called Wayland Smith. The tradition which Scott has so admirably used in his ‘Kenilworth’ that [...] Keywords: people, caves, druids, megaliths, tombs, greyscale Places shown: Wayland’s Smithy Long Barrow; Lambourn; Berkshire; England Added: 2005-12-09 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1089x1478, 147x200, 613x831, 817x1109 | Plan of Donnington Castle.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) After the [English] civil war was over, Mr. Packer pulled down the ruinous parts of the building, and with the materials erected the house standing under it, now in the occupation of Mark Basket, esq. [...] Keywords: plans, ruins, castles, greyscale Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England Added: 2005-12-14 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | St. George’s Chapel, WindsorThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) The round tower is one of the famous London landmarks, another part of Windsor Castle. The image caption also said, Publish’d the 9th of June 1784 by S. Hooper. T Bonnor scup dirext. [i.e. engraved]; [...] Keywords: castles, chapels, streets, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England Added: 2006-05-30 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Reading Abbey (Background 1)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper). Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-10-09 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Reading Abbey (Coloured version)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and then coloured (by Liam Quin). Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-10-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1036x752, 1382x1003, 1842x1337, 275x200, 777x564 | Reading Abbey, Plate 1The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Publish’d the 24th of May 1784 by S. Hooper. The abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I of England, who was buried here. The abbey was closed at the Reformation, and used as a private home for a ti [...] Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-10-09 + S K L R N |
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1039x1435, 145x200, 584x807, 779x1076 | Donnington CastleCastles (1926) The Gate HouseThe gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor. There is also a plan of Donnington; use the Locatio [...] Keywords: towers, castles, ruins, trees, greyscale Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-06-30 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 389.—Ruins of reading Abbey in 1721.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I; it became very wealthy, no doubt in part because of the corruption that was endemic to the Roman Catholic Church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteri [...] Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, people, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, anglosaxon remains, greyscale Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England Added: 2005-05-22 + S K L R N |
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