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105.—General View of the Ruin of Pevensey Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anderida, the sea-fort of Sussex, is held by some to be Hastings, by others to be East Bourn. It is not our purpose to enter upon any controversial discussion of such matters; but it appears to us tha [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, roman remains, norman architecture, trees, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-22

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106.—Plan of Pevensey Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

On the north side was a few years since a fragment of a supposed Saxon keep, held to be an addition to the original Roman Castrum (Fig. 109). But the most important and interesting adaptation to anoth [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-24

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107.—Walls and Gate, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here, as at Richborough, have the Roman galleys anchored; sheltered by the bold promontory of Beachy Head from the south-west gales, and secured from the attacks of pirates by the garrison who guarded [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towers, walls, people, sheep, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-24

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108.—Walls, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The walls at Pevensey Castle show some Roman features as well as later additions.The external towers, which are indicated on the plan, are quite solid; some of these have been undermined and have fall [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towers ruins, people, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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109.—Supposed Saxon Keep, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Sheep graze in the foreground; in the background a stone archway frames a tunnel through heavy masonry, a ruined tower.The ruin on this side is highly picturesque, large masses of the original wall ha [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, arches, sheep, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-25

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110.—Sally Port, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ponderous walls of the Roman dominion are almost merged in the greater interest of the moated keep of the Norman conquest. It will be sufficient for us here to present engravings of the Norman wor [...]

Keywords: castles, walls, arches, entrances, ruins, norman architecture, people, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-27

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111.—Norman Keep, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A ruined castle with broken towers overgrown with ivy looms in the background on a hill or mound; in the foreground people admire the view; to emphasise the pastoral nature of the scene there are also [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, towers, ivy, people, animals, norman architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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112.—Interior of Norman Tower, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

But the most important and interesting adaptation to another period of the Roman Pevensey is the Norman keep, the form of which is indicated on the Plan 106, at the south-east, and which was evidently [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, interiors, norman architecture, windows, walls, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-11

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18. Bodiam Castle, Sussex (1386) The Growth of the English House (1909)

Showing the Moat.

Now owned by theNational Trust, Bodiam Castle dates from 1385, and is in all the books on castles because of its surviving moat.

Keywords: castles, ruins, moats, towers, water, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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Crawley, Sussex Old English Country Cottages (1906)

This old farmhouse or cottage has tile siding on the walls.

Keywords: cottages, birds, buildings, windows, chimneys, greyscale

Places shown: Crawley; Sussex; England

Added: 2010-04-15

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Hastings: The Castle. Round The Coast (1895)

From a Photo. by Poulton & Son.“HASTINGS.—Hastings Castle stands on the brink of the cliff, and presents the most striking view to be found in Sussex. Its principal entrance was necessarily on the lan [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, arches, beaches, views, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Hastings; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-12-20

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86.—Pevensey Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions calledRapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be th [...]

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

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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914.—Strand Gate, Winchelsea Old 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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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 Castle Old 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 ce [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, views, greyscale

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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Bodiam Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

Bodiam Castle in Sussex dates from 1385; follow theBodiamlink for at least one more picture of this picturesque castle.

National Trust Web page for Bodiam Castle

Keywords: colour, castles, moats, towers, water

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-30

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105.—Arundel Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

Parts of Arundel Castle date as far back as A.D. 1068. Since 1138 the castle has for the most part belonged to the same family and their descendents; it has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for [...]

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2007-07-19

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Singleton. Sussex Painted (1906)

The village of Singleton in Sussex was mentioned (according to this book) in the Domesday Book, and has (or had) a manor associated with it. In this bucolic painting we see ducks heading toward a pond [...]

Keywords: villages, buildings, churches, colour

Places shown: Singleton; Sussex; England

Added: 2011-02-24

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Gatehouse, Battle Abbey (wallpaper version) Sussex Painted (1906)

Cropped version ofGatehouse, Battle Abbeyintended for use as a computer desktop background or wallpaper; I cropped the image so it’s 1600x1200 pixels, and also made 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 versi [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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Gatehouse, Battle Abbey. Sussex Painted (1906)

The abbey at Battle commemorates the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated King Harold on 14th October, 1066, to become the King of England. The buildings were used as a school fr [...]

Keywords: abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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