Items in or near Cumberland (results page 4)

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

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1052.—St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-TyneOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Among the more important churches erected in the period of which we treat, that of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne holds an honourable place (Fig. 1052). It crowns a bold eminence, and forms from every point of [...]

Keywords: spires, churches, towers, people, shops, streets, clocks, houses, christmas, colour

Places shown: Newcatle-upon-tyne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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1053.—Glasgow Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“As St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the chief specimen of Gothic architecture in Ireland, so is Glasgow Cathedral (Fig. 1053) the most perfect relic of the kind in Scotland, or anywhere else, in the opini [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, waterfalls, water, people, windows, greyscale

Places shown: GlasgowGlasgow; Scotland

Added: 2007-01-22

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1054.—Kelso.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Among the less distinguished classes of monachism [sic, meaning monasticism] that also sprang out of the original Benedictine, may be mentioned that to which Kelso Abbey, in the town of Kelso, Roxbur [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, towers, people, greyscale

Places shown: Kelso; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-16

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1055.—St. Magnus, Kirkwall.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Reformation in Scotland, which had so nearly caused the destruction of Glasgow Cathedral, spared one other building of the same kind, and only one—the Cathedral of St. Magnus, at the seaport twn o [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Kirkwall; Orkney Islands; Scotland

Added: 2010-04-10

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1056.—JedburghOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The Black Canons were introduced into Scotland about the same time as in England. One of their houses was at Jedburgh, the inmates [sic] of which came from Beauvais in France, early in the twelfth ce [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, ruins, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Jedburgh; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-09-12

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1057.—South east View of Melrose AbbeyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Some of the general features of the great abbeys of the Cistercian order, that we have noticed in England, we find repeated in the Scottish houses Melrose and New Abbey. The former, the mother Cister [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, ruins, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-06

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1058.—Melrose AbbeyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Francis Drake, writing in 1742, also observes “Mailross, I shall take it upon me to say, has been the most exquisite structure of the kind in either kingdom.” Lastly comes the poet, also pointing out [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-27

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Courtyard, Naworth CastleThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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Smailholm TowerThe Scott Country (1920)

According to Discover the Borders, “This is a well preserved and well restored border tower house dating from the 15th century. Situated on Sandyknowe Farm, it is visible for miles around. Formerly th [...]

Keywords: colour, castles, towers, water

Places shown: Sandyknowe; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2004-02-27

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1273.—Present State of Borthwick Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Bortwick castle was built in the 1430s; it is inhabited (now as a hotel) and is in good condition, despite the grass growing on the battlements in this 1840s engraving. It capitulated to Cromwell in 1 [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, decay, greyscale

Places shown: Borthwick; Midlothian; Scotland

Added: 2010-05-29

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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

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Thomas Burlings, ElderThe Life of Mansie Wauch (1911)

“I mind very well too, on the afternoon of the dividual same day, that my door-neighbour, Thomas Burlings, popped in; [...] It’s a wearyfu’ thing that whisky. I wish it could be banished to Botany Ba [...]

Keywords: people, beards, colour

Places shown: Dalkieth; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-06

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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

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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

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Monk BarRed Book Of York (1901)

Monk Bar here is a gate (a barrier, if you will) that dates from the 14th century. The portcullis still works. I don’t know if Monk Bar Pharmacy is still there, with a post office and selling horse [...]

Keywords: gateways, entrances, towers, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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A Guid Gangin’ PleaReminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

A Guid Gangin’ Plea, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. An older gentleman sits at a writing desk with a quill pen in his mouth; he is holding what appears to be an opened [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, writing, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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Dryburgh AbbeyEngland Beautiful (1936)

“Nestled in seclusion beside a loop on the banks of the Tweed stands the graceful ruins of Dryburgh Abbey.” says Historic Scotland. Although the title of the book is “England Beautiful” the author was [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Dryburgh; Melrose; Berwickshire; Scotland

Added: 2005-03-15

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1672.—Hulme Hall, Lancashire.—Front View.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Hulme Hall, Lancashire (Fig. 1672), may be looked on as a fair specimen of the very numerous timber-houses that form so conspicuous a class in the domestic architecture of Elizabeth’s time. And most [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, tudor houses, towers, houses, people, horses, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Newton Heath; Lancashire; England

Added: 2011-01-07

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Roxburgh CastleThe Scott Country (1920)

Says Discover the Borders, “The ruins of the famous castle of Roxburgh, favourite of Scottish kings, seated on its massive grassy mound between the Rivers Tweed and Teviot.”

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Kelso; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2004-02-27

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