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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 1023.—Howden Church (detail for use as computer desktop background image)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A detail taken from the engraving of Howden Church, sized so that it makes a good screen background, or desktop wallpaper; cows graze in the ruins of a mediæval monastery. Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, churches, ruins, abbeys, cattle, arches, greyscale Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-02-12 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 144x200, 1775x2458, 542x750, 592x819 | Fountains AbbeyAlt-England (1888) This is a spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. I found a photograph from approximately the same angle in a page on the Historic UK Web site. The abbey was founded in 1139, so [...] Keywords: ruins, abbeys, churches, arches, windows, stonework, greyscale Places shown: Aldfield; Ripon; Yorkshire; England Added: 2022-06-03 + S K L R N |
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1058x693, 1411x924, 305x200, 790x517 | The Minster and Bootham BarRed Book Of York (1901) The word ‘bar’ here means gate, not somewhere you buy a drink. Bootham Bar in the city of York stands on the site of one of four gateways into the Roman legionary fortress, but the gate there today d [...] Keywords: churches, gateways, entrances, 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 | 1106x767, 1475x1023, 288x200, 830x575 | Methley HallOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Methley Hall, or Methley Park, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, seven miles south-east from Leeds, is the seat of the Saviles, Earls Mexborough, which family have held the manor for several centuries [...] Keywords: interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, colour, furniture, manors, halls Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-08-24 + S K L R N |
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| 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Methley Hall, Wallpaper VersionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A version of the Methley Hall coloured engraving; this version has been cropped slightly so that it’s the right size for a computer desktop background, or wallpaper. No, I don’t know why some people p [...] Keywords: backgrounds, manors, colour, interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, furniture, wallpaper Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-08-24 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
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1079x720, 1439x960, 1918x1280, 299x200, 809x540 | Methley Hall, YorkshireAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915) This building was demolished in 1963, and there is nothing left of it. I find no mention of this Hall in the book, unfortunately. Methley Hall was the country house of the Savile family, Earls of Mex [...] Keywords: manors, animals, sheep, trees, greyscale Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-04-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1270x853, 298x200, 714x480, 953x640 | York Minster from the WallsThe British Isles (1905) “It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...] Keywords: cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-01-02 + S K L R N |
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