Items in or near Cambridge (results page 3)

Old FramlinghamEngland Beautiful (1936)

The photograph shows two of the towers around the curtain wall of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. The castle was built in the twelth century.

Keywords: castles, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-08-01

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Framlingham GateEngland Beautiful (1936)

The entrance to Framlingham Castle in Suffolk; you can see the remains of a coat of arms over the arch.

Keywords: castles, entrances, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-09-04

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Plate XXVI: Lincoln Cathedral. West Front.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

The See of Lincoln was formed in AD 678, but the first cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake in 1185. The present building dates from between AD 1255 and AD 1300, with late Normon, Lancet-Pointed a [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, people, churches, towers, colour

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-08-06

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Waltham Abbey Whipping-Posts and Stocks.Bygone Punishments (1931)

The Anglo-Saxons whipped prisoners with a whip of three cords, knotted at the end. It was not an uncommon practice for mistresses to whip, or have their servants whipped, to death. William of Malmesbu [...]

Keywords: stocks, punishments, greyscale

Places shown: Waltham; Essex; England

Added: 2006-01-08

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2105.—East Basham, NorfolkOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Near Walsingham. “It is a curious and instructive contrast to compare with Herstmonceaux – a true Castle, but in which the domestic mansion was beginning to show itself – with East Basham Hall in Nor [...]

Keywords: manors, ruins, entrances, windows, colour

Places shown: Walsingham; Norfolk; England

Added: 1999-11-01

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Ely CathedralYouth’s Instruction (1830)

“The first mention of a religious foundation at Ely occurs shortly after the introduction of Christianity into Britain, and especially into that part of the island called East Anglia, where Ethelbert, [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, people, horses, trees, towers, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Ely; Norfolk; England

Added: 2005-04-07

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King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Sixteenth-Century chapel at King’s College in Cambridge University is famous not only for its music but also for its fabulous architecture. This 1845 engraving shows not only the amazing vaulted s [...]

Keywords: colour, interiors, chapels, architecture, windows, columns, religion, valuting, ceilings

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2014-01-31

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2280.—The Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, CambridgeOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Pepys library holds over 3,000 volumes; the building probably dates from 1700 or so. Samuel Pepys himself wrote his name in a number of ways, including Pepis, Pepys, Peeps and Pepes. Pepys Library [...]

Keywords: colleges, people, arches, trees, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalene College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2005-07-21

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John Bunyan’s CottageHome Words for Heart and Hearth (1888)

An engraving of the cottage in Elstow where John Bunyan lived, and a portrait of him.

John Bunyan is chiefly famous for writing the moral story Pilgrim’s Progress.

Keywords: john bunyan, cottages, people, writers, portraits, men, greyscale

Places shown: Elstow; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2022-05-28

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Gateway of St. John’s CollegeCambridge and its Story (1912)

Founded in 1135 as the Hospital of the Brethren of St. John the Evangelist. The Master and Fellows of Peterhouse pay annually the sum of twenty shillings to compensate the hopital for the housing of s [...]

Keywords: entrances, arches, colleges, towers, gothic, colour

Places shown: St John’s College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2004-03-11

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Library, Chapel & Hall, MagdalenCambridge and its Story (1912)

The Library Chapel and Hall, Magdalen College, Cambridge; it is a part of Cambridge University. Lithograph by Herbert Railton, tinted by Fanny Railton. I am not happy with the colour correction on thi [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, buildings, trees, windows, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2005-10-02

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Plan of Burgh Castle in Suffolk.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. It is (or was) a Roman fort, built in the 3rd century. Just the map without the captions and margin An 1845 engraving of the Roman [...]

Keywords: page images, castles, greyscale

Places shown: Burgh Castle; Suffolk; England

Added: 2011-07-10

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Plan of Burgh Castle in Suffolk.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. It is (or was) a Roman fort, built in the 3rd century. The plan marks the locations of the Prætorian (by which it means the Prætori [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Burgh Castle; Suffolk; England

Added: 2011-07-10

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Nevilles Court, Trinity CollegeCambridge and its Story (1912)

Hmm, this one came out better, I’m encouraged to try some more.

Keywords: colleges, courtyards, windows, gothic, spooky, colour

Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2004-03-11

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John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

John Bunyan was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in 1628. His parents were poor, and he received the merest rudiments of education. As a youth he became notorious for his profanity, but his vigorous n [...]

Keywords: john bunyan, people, writers, prisons, punishments, chains, leg irons, cats, animals, arches, children, men, women, hats, costume, misery, greyscale

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2018-08-12

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Hinchinbrook House, HuntingdonThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here in 1564 by the owner and original builder, Henry, grandson of one Morgan Williams of Glamorganshire, wife to the sister of Oliver Comwell. The house was sold in [...]

Keywords: houses, mansions, buildings, stately homes, battlements, tudor architecture, mullions, windows, towers, people, hunting, dogs, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Hinchinbrooke; Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2013-10-17

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Overview map of Bedfordshire, EnglandHarmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Overview map of Essex, EnglandHarmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Essex; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Antique Eighteenth-Century Map of BedfordshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

BEDFORDSHIRE Engraved from an Accurate Survey B T Kitchin Geog. And here on this old map are the names so familiar to me as a child (my father was the Vicar of Haynes, here marked Hawnes, for many yea [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2007-05-31

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Overview map of Norfolk, EnglandHarmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Norfolk; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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