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Plate III. Gloucester Cathedral. West Front and South Side.
The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)
Gloucester Cathedral was built 900 years ago (it was completed in 1100); it was originally the Abbey of St. Peter, part of a Benedictine monastery. Here we see the towers and spires, the gothic windo [...]
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cathedrals, churches, towers, windows, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
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Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England
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Gloucester Cathedral Old Print - Wallpaper Version
The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)
A version ofPlate IIIwithout the border, scaled very slightly to make a computer desktop or wallpaper image.
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cathedrals, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
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Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England
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43.—Harold’s Stones, Trelech, Monmouthshire
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“It is stated by Rowland, the author of ‘Mona Antiqua,’ that wherever there are heaps of stones of great apparent antiquity, stone pillars are also found near them. This is probably too strong an asse [...]
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animals, cattle, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
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Telech; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Plate 3. Chipping Campden Church and Almshouses
Cotswold Country (1939)
Chipping Campden, Church and Almshouses
Chipping Campden was the home of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and craft movement in 19th century England.
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old photographs, villages, churches, buildings, streets, colour
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Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England
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390.—Cardiff Castle
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
as it appeared in 1775.First built around 1090, Cardiff castle was extensively rebuilt in the 19th Century.Cardiff Castle Web site“Fortunate was it for the country when a prince arose of such decided [...]
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castles, towers, birds, trees, water, boats, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales
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Plate 4.—Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire.
History of Wales (1853)
Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. W. Bond.Chepstow Castle is near the entrance to the Wye Valley. The region has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Beauty.There is another picture of Chepst [...]
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castles, ruins, towers, water, bridges, boats, trees, arches, people, animals, colour
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Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Berkeley Castle
In Unfamiliar England (1910)
“There are few English castles where the spirit of medievalism lingers as at Berkeley and few that have darker deeds recorded in their long annals of crime. [...] The castle, grim, many-towered, ivy-c [...]
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castles, overgrown, towers, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Berkeley; Gloucestershire; England
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Caerphilly Castle, South Wales
In Unfamiliar England (1910)
“For ten miles from Newport we wend our way over a dusty, ill-kept byroad with sharp turns andsteep grades, and before we come to the village we see from some distance the broken towers and battlement [...]
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castles, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, towers, greyscale
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Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales
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Plate 12.—Newport, Monmouthshire.
History of Wales (1853)
Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey.
Newport City Council Homepage
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bridges, water, people, boats, chimneys, towns, castles, colour
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Newport; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Old Moat of Raglan
England Beautiful (1936)
A romantic engraving of a ruined castle with towers and a moat.
See allpictures of Raglan Castle; it is also called Ragland Castle in some of the older books.
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castles, ruins, towers, moats, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Bookcase
Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)
In the Library, Hereford Cathedral“So far as we have been able to discover there are only three collections of books in England now attached to the shelves by chains, namely ‘The Chapter Library in He [...]
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books, old books, pictures of books, libraries, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Hereford; Herefordshire; England
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1314.—Northleach church, Gloucestershire
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Like many English churches, that at Northleach has been modified over the years. Although part of the aisle dates from the 12th century, most of the church is from the 14th and 15th centuries.[the ch [...]
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churches, windows, towers, gravestones, christmas, greyscale
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Northleach; Gloucestershire; England
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Plate 15.—Ragland Castle
History of Wales (1853)
Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire.Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. Adlard.There are more pictures of Ragland Castle (also called Raglan Castle) in this gallery, and another inOman’s Castles book. T [...]
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castles, ruins, water, people, trees, birds, ducks, towers, overgrown, colour
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Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Plate 15.—Ragland Castle (Wallpaper Edition)
History of Wales (1853)
Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire
Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. Adlard.
This version is cropped to make a screen background (desktop wallpaper); there’s also the originaluncroppedversion.
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castles, ruins, water, trees, birds, ducks, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour
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Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales
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Skenfrith Castle
Castles (1926)
The three castles differ from each other in situation and character. Skenfrith, the smallest of the three, and the one which was least pulled about by its later owners, lies low, at a point where a la [...]
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castles, ruins, overgrown, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Skenfrith; Monmouthshire; Wales
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