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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 1.—Scarborough: General View of the South BayRound The Coast (1895) A fairly crowded beach even by modern standards, with Victorian bathing machines. From a Photo. by Poulton & Son. “This has been called the “Queen of English Watering-Places,” and is at least unrivall [...] Keywords: beaches, water, boats, towns, townscapes, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Scarborough; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-11-28 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1320x876, 1760x1169, 2200x1461, 301x200, 739x491, 990x657 | View From City WallsRed Book Of York (1901) A view of the mighty cathedral, York Minster, seen from the ancient city walls of York in this old photograh. Notice the blurred person crossing the street: the film wasn’t very sensitive, and a smal [...] Keywords: cityscapes, cathedrals, walls, people, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2008-09-23 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 319x200 | View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)Red Book Of York (1901) A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a 1600x1200 (4:3) version. Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, buildings, people, views, street scenes, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2008-09-23 + S K L R N |
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| 1195x788, 1592x1050, 2105x1389, 303x200, 896x591 | Howsham Hall.Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) A man on a horse, with a gun and hunting-dogs, approaching a country manor-house over snow. It looks like a storm is coming. There are ancient trees here. The text accompanying this is as follows: H [...] Keywords: manors, buildings, snow, people, trees, dogs, winter, colour, christmas Places shown: Malton; Yorkshire; England Added: 2007-02-15 + S K L R N |
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1052x1425, 148x200, 591x800, 789x1069 | Micklegate BarIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) “The gates, of which several remain in perfect preservation, and one of which, called the Micklegate Bar, forms the subject of our Engraving, are singularly imposing. The view is taken from the inside [...] Keywords: battlements, castles, stairs, walls, towers, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-07-01 + S K L R N |
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136x200, 535x790, 714x1054, 952x1406 | Doorway, YorkIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) See Alms Box, Skipwith for the caption. The engraving shows an ancient arched doorway, with a wooden paneled door standing closed. The doorway is carved, and above it is an heraldic coat of arms. Th [...] Keywords: heraldry, entrances, doors, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-04-19 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1029x1343, 1372x1791, 153x200, 578x755, 772x1007 | Door, Skipworth ChurchIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) See Alms Box, Skipwith for the caption. I [Liam] would guess that the arch over the door is Norman, and hence from about A.D. 1070 – 1150, judging by the smooth curve with no point and by the zig-zags [...] Keywords: doors, entrances, greyscale Places shown: Skipwith; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-04-19 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 369.—The West End Of The Hall.English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922) Kildwick Hall is a Grade II* listed Jacobean country house, and the Hall is still (Nov. 2005) very much as pictured here. “Kildwick Hall lies in the same moorland district of Yorkshire that the Brontë [...] Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, interiors, ceilings, fireplaces, greyscale Places shown: Kildwick; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-11-09 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Clifford’s Tower is the site of a 12th century massacre of 100 or so Jews probably as a result of the anti-semitic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the circular structure on the left of th [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, trees, people, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-07-14 + S K L R N |
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1248x764, 1664x1019, 327x200, 702x430, 936x573 | 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 + S K L R N |
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1069x696, 1425x928, 307x200, 798x520 | The Minster, North SideRed Book Of York (1901) York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220.One thing every visitor to the city of York will surely notice is that the Minster s [...] Keywords: churches, trees, colour Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2004-04-25 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, 320x200 | Wentworth Woodhouse.Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) WENTWORTH HOUSENear Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam. This grand seat of one of our greatest English families, is most beautifully situated in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, four miles from “Fair [...] Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen Places shown: Rotherham; Yorkshire; England Added: 2013-12-31 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1222x1608, 152x200, 687x905, 916x1206 | 1023.—Howden ChurchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The perfect Romantic Ruin, an abbey that was once a place of worship and a seat of power, and has now fallen so low that cattle graze where there was once a High Altar. A poem written by William Words [...] Keywords: ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-02-12 + S K L R N |
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