Items in Hampshire (results page 1)

Frontispiece: View Near SelborneThe Natural History of Selborne (1879)

View looking, I imagine, towards the distant Church in the village of Selborne. There are deer in the foreground, under the shade of a large tree.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop WallpaperThe Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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FrontispieceLaws and History of the New Forest (1811)

At the edge of a clearing in the forest stands a tall tree; a knight’s sword, shield and stirrup hang from the tree, and two hunting dogs are tied to it. A richly dressed man stands talking to a wood- [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, people, weapons, water, animals, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394.The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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Map of the New Forest and Adjacent CountryLaws and History of the New Forest (1811)

Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...]

Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Beech.The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“The high part of the south-west consists of a vast hill of chalkk rising three hundred feet above the village, and is divided into a sheep-down, the high wood and a long hanging wood, called The Hang [...]

Keywords: trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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Wych Elm.The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“In the court of Norton farmhouse, a manor farm to the north-west of the village [of Selborne], on the white malms, stood within these twenty years a broad-leaved elm, or wych hazel, ulmus folio lati [...]

Keywords: trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-12-12

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104.—Plan of Porchester Castle, Hants.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] the fact is certain that in several of the undoubted Roman castles, or camps, is a small building of cruciform shape, placed not far from the centre of the enclosure. At Porchester (Fig. 104) an [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, roman remains, ruins, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Porchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2011-06-05

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124.—Silchester. The North Wall.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The striking characteristic of Silchester is the ruined wall, with the flourising trees upon it and around it, and the old trees that have grown up around centuries ago, and are now perishing with it. [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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125.—Silchester. Plan of City.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

a, The Western Gate, near to which the Road now leads to the church near b, the Eastern Gate; c, the South Gate; d, the North Gate.

Silchester was a Romantown in England.

Keywords: plans, maps, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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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

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Steep, HampshireOld English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale. An English house wth a steep tiled roof, probably originally thatched, and with stone mullioned windows. Topiary and careful landscaping give a well-kept [...]

Keywords: houses, cottages, roofs, gardens, chimneys, dormer windows, windows, topiary, colour

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-22

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Restoration of Old Cottage at Steep PetersfieldOld English Country Cottages (1906)

STEEP, HAMPSHIRE. From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale. The only district where stone-slated roofs were hipped was in the heart of the tile counties. Here there are a number, the builders me [...]

Keywords: cottages, art, houses, roofs, chimneys, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-30

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400.—WinchesterOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The successor of Henry Beauclerk was also an usurper. The rival pretensions of Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda filled the land with bloodshed and terror for nineteeen years. From the north t [...]

Keywords: views, churches, trees, cities, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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The Birthplace of Charles DickensThe Leisure Hour (1904)

1 Mile End Terrace, Portsea (now [i.e. 1904] 393 Commercial Road, Portsmouth) (By permission of Messrs. A. and C. Black) The magazine (Leisure Hour, 1904) contains several illustrations from The Dicke [...]

Keywords: birthplaces, houses, buildings, windows, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Portsmouth; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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A Glade in the New ForestMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

(From a Photograph by F. G. Short, Lyndhurst) Frederick Golden Short died in 1936, 70 years ago, in the UK; this images is therefore out of copyright and I place the scanned image in the public domain [...]

Keywords: paths, forests, trees, spooky, colour

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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1027.—Ruins of Netley AbbeyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There is another more recent picture of Netley Abbey; see the Netley Location link. “To the desecrators of the fine old relics of England we commend the story told of a builder of Southampton, in conn [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, windows, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-19

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The Font, Winchester CathedralMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Note to searchers: this is a baptismal font made of stone. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) “A feature more specially characteristic [of the county of Hampshire] is to be found in the remarkable se [...]

Keywords: christmas, fonts, monuments, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-02-16

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Winchester CollegeMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Chamber Court, Winchester College. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) Winchester College Web Site I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in 1889; [...]

Keywords: gothic, towers, churches, windows, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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