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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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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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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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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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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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735.—St. Peter’s, Northampton.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vast stone pillars and semicircular arches, with the characteristic Norman zigzag decoration, identify this as a Norman building and indeed it’s from the early 12th century, between 1120 nd 1140. Sain [...]

Keywords: churches, interiors, norman architecture, pillars, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Northampton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2014-01-29

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Abbey Ruins, ElstowQuiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

“[...] the Benedictine Abbey which stood on the further side of [Elstow church]. This abbey was succeeded by a secular structure of the Renaissance period, considerable remains of which are still st [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, churches, abbeys, ruins, trees, arches, entrances, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Elstow; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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1311.—Luton ChurchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The parish church of St. Mary is an ancient and interesting edifice (Harmsworth’s Encyc.)

I didn’t clean this scan up as well as I’d have liked; as always, let me know if you want the original.

Keywords: churches, people, trees, gravestones, greyscale

Places shown: Luton; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-05

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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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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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