Items taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 14)

869.—Attack on the Walls of a besieged Tower.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Cut shows two forms of the Battering-ram in use, for making breaches in the fortifications.

Keywords: castles, battles, weapons, siege engines, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-07-16

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870.—Machines for Boring Holes in Castle Walls.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Medieval crusaders (mediaeval knights) use various devices to make holes in the defensive walls of a castle. In the background a group of people wearing tunics are talking, while a couple of distant s [...]

Keywords: castles, backgrounds, wallpaper, siege engines, battles, weapons, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-06

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874.—Ancient Gate of CoventryOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is the Cook Street gate in Coventry. The original gate was started in 1329, but not finished until the City of Coventry was granted a licence to crennelate in 1363 (this licence gives the holder [...]

Keywords: towers, gates, buildings, stone, battlementstowers, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Coventry; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2021-01-12

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914.—Strand Gate, WinchelseaOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Built in the late 13th Century. It still has a road running through the arch today.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, arches, colour

Places shown: Winchelsea; Sussex; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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922. West gate and Holy Cross Church, Canterbury.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the great insurrection just mentioned, perished, on Tower Hill, Simon de Sudbury, son of Nicolas Tibald, gentleman, of Sudbury, in Suffolk. He was eighteen years Bishop of London, and, on being el [...]

Keywords: churches, gates, battlements, towers, castleschurches, towers, carriages, people, children, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2019-10-31

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925.—Bodiam Castle, Sussex.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The castle stands in the moat. One of a number of pictures of Bodiam Castle on this Web site.

Keywords: castles, moats, towers, water, greyscale

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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926.—Arundel CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In this wood engraving, the castle is in the middle distance, with someone squatting or perhaps sitting and fishing, in the foregroud to give a sense of scale. Arundel Castle (Fig. 926) has for many c [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, views, greyscale

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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928.—Betchworth Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] Not many months after, the earl’s brother, thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, banished in the same cause, set the crown of Richard on Bolingbroke’s head. Of course the Arundels found favour with [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Betchworth; Surrey; England

Added: 2009-03-14

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929.—North West View of Salisbury Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The bishopric of Salisbury was created by the union of the sets of Wilton and Sherbourne, which was done by order of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1075. [...] The ceremony of laying the found [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, buildings, towers, spires, windows, gothic architecture, people, arches, roofs, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2011-06-11

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931.—Chapter House, Salisbury.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The chapter-house is 58 feet in diameter, internally, and 52 feet high to the vaulting. (p. 258) [...] The chapter-house (Fig. 931) is an interesting building. Internally it is very beautiful and hig [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, windows, churches, religion, gothic architecture, arches, gothic arches, tracery, vaulting, vaulted ceilings, columns, mullions, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2018-10-18

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933.—Early English Foliage Bracket.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A wood-engraving showing a stone bracket, a mediaeval [US: medieval; in this book mediæval] carving with grapes and leaves and two birds.

Keywords: decorative elements, carving, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-10-10

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934.—Gable Crosses.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Crosses from the gables at the ends of the roof of Salisbury Cathedral. There are three crosses in the picture, so I have marked it as being for Christmas, or for Epiphany or even Easter perhaps, beca [...]

Keywords: crosses, stonework, gothic architecture, carving, christmas, xmas, easter, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2012-12-01

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1023.—Howden ChurchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The perfect Romantic Ruin, an abbey that was once a place of worship and a seat of power, and has now fallen so low that cattle graze where there was once a High Altar. A poem written by William Words [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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1023.—Howden Church (detail for use as computer desktop background image)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A detail taken from the engraving of Howden Church, sized so that it makes a good screen background, or desktop wallpaper; cows graze in the ruins of a mediæval monastery.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, churches, ruins, abbeys, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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1026.—Tomb of the Boy Bishop, SalisburyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“But there is one monument of quite a unique character—to a chorister, or boy-bishop. (Fig. 1026.) It was discovered in the prelacy of Bishop Duppa, under the seats near the pulpit, and is now placed [...]

Keywords: people, tombs, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-07

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1027.—Ruins of Netley AbbeyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There is another more recent picture of Netley Abbey; see the Netley Location link. “To the desecrators of the fine old relics of England we commend the story told of a builder of Southampton, in conn [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, windows, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-19

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1028.—Franciscan, or Grey FriarOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Franciscan monk or friar shown here wears a robe (a habit) and sandals; he carries a small cross on a chain or rosary. [Saint Francis of Assisi] surrendered all, even to the last article of his cl [...]

Keywords: people, robes, religion, monks, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-22

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1029.—Dominican, or Black FriarOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The monk shown here is a Black Friar; despite the text he has neither bare feet nor sandals, but wears shoes; he also has more ornate robes than the text would seem to imply. In a great measure, men [...]

Keywords: people, robes, religion, monks, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-21

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1045.—Stone ChurchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Stone is a town in Cheshire.

Keywords: churches, windows, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Stone; Cheshire; England

Added: 2003-07-31

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