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1210x900, 2420x1800, 269x200, 4840x3600, 750x558 | Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee. Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2018-08-07 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 126x200, 1625x2571, 474x750, 813x1286 | Brereton, CheshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Brereton Hall was built in 1586 and is a Grade I listed building. It is a private home today. The foundation stone was said to have been laid by Queen Elizabeth I, although there was a manor house at [...] Keywords: halls, manors, stately homes, mansions, parks, entrances, towers, windows, tudor architecture, greyscale Places shown: Brereton Hall; Brereton Green; Brereton; Cheshire; England Added: 2020-11-03 + S K L R N |
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1149x794, 2298x1588, 289x200, 750x518 | Cholmondeley CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870) The first thing to say about this castle is that it’s pronounced Chumley. Really. The picture, in colour, shows the “castle” that was mostly built in the early part of the 19th Century, replacing an o [...] Keywords: stately homes, castles, windows, towers, battlements, creeper, ivy, lawns, trees, turrets, colour Places shown: Cholmondeley; Malpas; Cheshire; England Added: 2023-02-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1141x754, 2282x1507, 303x200, 750x495 | Eaton Hall.—Duke of WestminsterPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) The picture shows a man and a woman, the woman with a long crinoline domed skirt (shaped like a dalek), the man with a cane pointing at a small dog; they are walking on a smooth lawn with an insanely [...] Keywords: manors, houses, gothic architecture, colour, people, spires, windows, grass, sky Places shown: Eaton; Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2021-02-15 + S K L R N |
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1299x1953, 133x200, 548x824, 730x1098, 974x1465 | Nether Alderly, CheshireOld English Country Cottages (1906) “To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...] Keywords: cottages, houses, greyscale Places shown: Nether Alderley; Cheshire; England Added: 2006-03-23 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1037x1285, 162x200, 586x726, 778x964 | Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park,The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) bwpics has a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century. “[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norm [...] Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2005-11-06 + S K L R N |
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1255x1646, 152x200, 529x694, 706x926, 941x1235 | Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...] Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2007-04-23 + S K L R N |
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1359x1183, 1812x1577, 230x200, 906x788 | Cathedral Cloisters and King’s SchoolThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank. King’s School, Chester, Web site Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2007-08-16 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1084x1258, 172x200, 610x708, 813x944 | Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...] Keywords: cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2010-08-12 + S K L R N |
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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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1079x1079, 1439x1439, 1918x1918, 200x200, 809x809 | Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...] Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2006-10-11 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1025x1025, 200x200, 2050x2050, 750x750 | Eaton HallThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, is situated in a very large, though hardly picturesque, park, which is liberally thrown open to strangers, and, in consequence, is a great bo [...] Keywords: stately homes, bridges, parks, trees, cattle, towers, manor houses, greyscale Places shown: Ecclestone; Cheshire; England Added: 2020-07-20 + S K L R N |
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