Items in or near Warwickshire (results page 1)

Warwick Castle from the River Warwick and Leamington (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Front cover of “Warwick and Leamington” Warwick and Leamington (1920)

All of the colour plates from this book are online here, including a higher-resolution version of the cover picture, Leycester Hospital .

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-06-20

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Chantry Chapel, Warwick Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This beautiful engraving, printed in colour using multiple plates, shows the stone ceiling, a tiled floor, an arched entrance-way, a stained-glass window, a church-warden’s chest, a seat and a reading [...]

Keywords: colour, chapels, interiors, churches, castles, windows, furniture

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2010-10-30

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415.—Entrance to Warwick Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[Piers] Gaveston endeavoured to defend himself in Scarborough Castle (of which the crumbling ruins now only remain, Fig. 919), while the king went to York to seek an army for his relief. But before a [...]

Keywords: towers, entrances, castles, battlements, arches, trees, moats, people, greyscale

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2022-01-29

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416.—Warwick Castle, Guy’s Tower Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is a rare consolation for the lover of his country’s monuments, to turn from castles made into prisons, and abbeys into stables, to such a glorious relic of ‘Old England’ as Warwick Castle. Who c [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-03-07

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418.—Ancient Statue of Guy at Guys Cliff Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is Guy of Warwick, mentioned in some of the Robin Hood stories.

Guy’s Cliffis pretty ruined now. It’s between Warwick and Coventry.

Keywords: statues, people, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-03-20

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Warwick Castle.—Earl of Warwick Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A splendid view of Warwick Castle, printed in colour. The text reads as follows:WARWICK CASTLE,NEAR WARWICK, WARWICKSHIRE.—EARL OF WARWICK.Cymbeline, King of Britain, is by some supposed to have built [...]

Keywords: castles, buildings, water, trees, colour, boats, people, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-02-08

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West Gate, Warwick Warwick and Leamington (1920)

A shepherd herds his sheep up Warwick’s main street, past mediaeval house.

Keywords: towns, colour, churches, mediaeval, people, animals

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Guy’s Cliffe. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A strikingly beautiful manor house, with the moat in the foreground; today it lies in ruins. There are several other pictures of the same site; see the Location link. I have included a 1680x1050 pix [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, exteriors, parks, buildings, colour, water, trees, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-06-16

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Charlecote. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Today, Charlecote Park is run by the National Trust; it is described there are a 16th century manor, although there had probably been a house there for some five hundred or more years. This picture, m [...]

Keywords: manors, buildings, houses, tudor architecture, arches, windows, clocks, colour

Places shown: Wellesbourne; Stratford-on-Avon; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-12-04

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Plan of Kenilworth Castle Castles (1926)

There has been a castle at this site since at least the first half of the 12th century, although the oldest of the present buildings could be as late as the 1260s according to Sir Charles Oman.The pla [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-04-27

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818.—Ruins of Kenilworth in the 17th Century. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Ruins of Kenilworth Castle in the 17th Century [details pending]

Keywords: ruins, castles, views, trees, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-01-23

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822.—View of Kenilworth Castle from the Gate-House. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

sheep graze in the foreground; a group of ladies in bonnets and gowns admire the view; the towers of the ruined castle stand topped with trees. This is a very romanticised view: there is a lot more of [...]

Keywords: views, animals, people, castles, ruins, towers, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-03-05

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823.—Great Hall, Kenilworth Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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Keywords: castles, ruins, people, windows, trees, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-02-17

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874.—Ancient Gate of Coventry Old 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 t [...]

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

Places shown: Coventry; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2021-01-12

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The Beauchamp Chapel Warwick and Leamington (1920)

Tombs of the founder and Robert Dudley, Earl of LeicesterThis tomb is (or was) in St. Mary’s Church, also known as Warwick High Church. George Morley writes (p.15)From the choir the silent mover in ‘ [...]

Keywords: colour, tombs, churches, windows

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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1303.—Guy’s Cliff in the 17th Century Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: water, trees, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-04-10

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1304.—Chapel at Guy’s Cliff Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, trees, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-04-10

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1305.—Church of Aston Cantlow Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Shakespeare’s parents may have been married in this church, didicated to St. John the Baptist. The church clock dates from the fourteenth century. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in t [...]

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

Places shown: Aston Cantlow; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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1308.—Stratford Church: West End Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

See alsoStratford Church Looking In Through The Door.

The niches above the door may have held statues before the Reformation.

Keywords: churches, gravestones, windows, entrances, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Stratford; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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