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1210x900, 2420x1800, 269x200, 4840x3600, 750x558 | Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee. Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2018-08-07 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1296x1175, 221x200, 259x235, 2591x2350, 750x680 | Bishopric of St. AsaphThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718) A woodcut of two vintage keys (skeleton keys), crossed one over the other, their handles towards the bottom, taken from an heraldic shield. St. Asaph is a city in Denbigh in Wales, and is one of the s [...] Keywords: heraldry, keys, symbols, bishops, greyscale Places shown: St. Asaph; Flint; Wales Added: 2019-01-19 + S K L R N |
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1118x1646, 136x200, 559x823 | Jacobean Houses in Frankwell, ShrewsburyEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922) These houses were built some time after 1620, so they are after the Tudor period. Keywords: tudor, houses, streets, windows, entrances, colour Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 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 |
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| 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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130x200, 450x694, 600x926, 800x1234 | Gable End, Shrewsbury.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...] Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England Added: 2012-06-27 + S K L R N |
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146x200, 521x715, 629x863, 838x1150 | The Feathers Inn, Ludlow, ShropshireArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) Thus, in former times (as may be seen, for instance, in the older houses at Bury St. Edmunds or Lavenham, in Suffolk) brackets would be made to spring from Gothic caps, which again formed the crown o [...] Keywords: tudor buildings, houses, architecture, greyscale Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England Added: 2012-06-26 + S K L R N |
Image status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required | 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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1189x728, 1586x971, 2114x1294, 327x200, 892x546 | Stokesay CastleThe Story of Some English Shires (1897) “Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...] Keywords: castles, manors, towers, water, trees, christmas, greyscale Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England Added: 2006-08-18 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1440x1963, 146x200, 540x737, 720x982 | 169.—Condover Hall, ShropshireEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922) A Corner of the North Elevation showing the position of the lead heads. “A Royal manor in Saxon times Condover, throughout the sixteenth century, was in and out of the hands of the Crown until, in 158 [...] Keywords: manors, entrances, windows, colour Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England Added: 2003-03-30 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 126x200, 1625x2571, 474x750, 813x1286 | Brereton, CheshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Brereton Hall was built in 1586 and is a Grade I listed building. It is a private home today. The foundation stone was said to have been laid by Queen Elizabeth I, although there was a manor house at [...] Keywords: halls, manors, stately homes, mansions, parks, entrances, towers, windows, tudor architecture, greyscale Places shown: Brereton Hall; Brereton Green; Brereton; Cheshire; England Added: 2020-11-03 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1149x794, 2298x1588, 289x200, 750x518 | Cholmondeley CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870) The first thing to say about this castle is that it’s pronounced Chumley. Really. The picture, in colour, shows the “castle” that was mostly built in the early part of the 19th Century, replacing an o [...] Keywords: stately homes, castles, windows, towers, battlements, creeper, ivy, lawns, trees, turrets, colour Places shown: Cholmondeley; Malpas; Cheshire; England Added: 2023-02-24 + S K L R N |
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