Items in or near Cambridge (results page 1)

Front Cover, CambridgeCambridge (1920)

The front cover; my copy has a dust jacket which is in place in this scan.

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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The Great Court, Trinity CollegeCambridge (1920)

“The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, though inheriting much from the earlier college—King’s Hall—which was set up by Edward II and his son Edward III, owes almost everything to King Henry V [...]

Keywords: colour, towers, flowers, colleges

Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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2. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909)

The Keep (cir. 1130). The head of the entrance door is visible on the left: the opening on the right is modern [written almost 100 years ago] Castle Hedingham today is open to the public three days a [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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Bedford BridgeThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Published by S Hooper 10 December 1783. D.L. sculp.

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-03

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21.—Four Tumuli at Barlow Hills, EssexOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(17) Four tumuli at Barlow Hills, Essex; (18) Gallery of the largest. Presumably the plate was made for another publication, since this is marked as figure 21 and not 17 or 18. This is said to be the [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, diagrams, burial mounds, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Bartlow; Essex; England

Added: 2005-07-24

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3. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall.

Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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4. Castle Hedingham, Essex.The Growth of the English House (1909)

A window of the gallery in the hall.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, windows, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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5. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Section of the Keep.

Keywords: diagrams, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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6. Castle Hedingham, Essex.The Growth of the English House (1909)

A Fireplace.
Showing the short flue leading to a vertical vent in the face of the wall.

Keywords: diagrams, fireplaces, castles, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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The Map of BedfordshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public-domain map of Bedfordshire from 1783. Places marked on the map include: Ampthill, Aspely Guise [Aspley Guise], Astwood, Battledon, Bedford, Berkford, Bigleswade [Biggleswade], Biscot, Bletnes [...]

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2005-08-21

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The Kitchen Wall, PeterhouseCambridge (1920)

“But the history of the English Universities must be considered as that of communities into whose lives colleges were introduced for a social rather than a scholastic purpose. Cambridge grew into a se [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards

Places shown: Peterhouse College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-28

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129.—Wall of Burgh CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border (today it seems to be in Norfolk, but this Web site uses the 1900 borders so as to be closer to historical sources). It is (or was) [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Burgh Castle; Suffolk; England

Added: 2004-04-06

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The Old Hall, Corpus Christi CollegeCambridge (1920)

Corpus Christi college was founded in A.D. 1352. “Before turning to the more modern aspect of Cambridge, the subject demands that something should be said of those notable periods of prosperity, the f [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards, creeper, windows

Places shown: Corpus Christi College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-08-17

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Interior of S. Sepulchre Church, Cambridge.A Short History of the English People (1902)

Built c. 114 – 1130. Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge. Built by a Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, to whom the Abbot and Convent of Ramsey gave for that purpose, between 1114 and 1130, a buri [...]

Keywords: churches, norman england, interiors, pillars, norman architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2011-07-26

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Erasmus’ Tower, Queen’s CollegeCambridge (1920)

“The fifteenth century saw four more Colleges added to the list of Cambridge Houses: King’s, 1441; Queens’, 1448; St. Catharine’s, 1473; Jesus, 1495.” (p. 22)

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings

Places shown: Queens’ College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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398.—Norwich CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vol I, p.398, figs 308 and 389: Norwich Castle

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2002-09-30

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399.—Norwich CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] Hugh Bigod, who had sworn that Henry had appointed Stephen his successor, was the first to hold out against the king in the Castle of Norwich, which his ancestor had built. Norwich was a regul [...]

Keywords: castles, people, trees, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2003-08-31

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The Round ChurchCambridge and its Story (1912)

“At a point where the High Street, now Trinity Street, branches off from Bridge Street stands the church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the four round churches of England. (The others are: S. Sepulchre [...]

Keywords: churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2007-01-22

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Houghton HouseThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The copper-plate engraving of Houghton House from plate 46. Houghton House was built as a “hunting lodge” and was most likely the inspiration for the “House Beautiful” in John Bunyan’s book The Pilgri [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Haynes West End; Haynes; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2011-07-08

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574.—Lincoln Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral.

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, religion, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-06-18

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