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1210x900, 2420x1800, 269x200, 4840x3600, 750x558 | Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee. Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2018-08-07 + S K L R N |
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148x200, 3203x4341, 641x868 | Title Page, The River DeeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) THE RIVER DEE ITS ASPECT AND HISTORY By J. S. HOWSON, D.D. dean of chester. With ninety-three illustrations on wood / from drawings by A;fred Rimmer London Virtus, Spalding, & Co., 26, Ivy Lane Patern [...] Keywords: title pages, colour, page images Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-11 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Remains of Valle Crucis AbbeyThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “It was exactly in the year 1200 that Madoc, Lord of Bromfield, at the time when Prince Llewellyn was contending with King John, founded this monastic house in a deep hollow, already called the Valley [...] Keywords: churches, ruins, abbeys, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Llangollen; Denbigh; Wales Added: 2005-07-12 + S K L R N |
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| 1037x1285, 162x200, 586x726, 778x964 | Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park,The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) bwpics has a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century. “[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norm [...] Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2005-11-06 + S K L R N |
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1255x1646, 152x200, 529x694, 706x926, 941x1235 | Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...] Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2007-04-23 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1359x1183, 1812x1577, 230x200, 906x788 | Cathedral Cloisters and King’s SchoolThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank. King’s School, Chester, Web site Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2007-08-16 + S K L R N |
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1084x1258, 172x200, 610x708, 813x944 | Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...] Keywords: cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2010-08-12 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Water Tower, with Roman HypocaustThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...] Keywords: towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2005-11-19 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1079x1079, 1439x1439, 1918x1918, 200x200, 809x809 | Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) “Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...] Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2006-10-11 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 1423x1521, 187x200, 263x281, 351x375, 64x64, 712x761 | Decorative initial “L” with wild flowers and weedsThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) A decorative initial capital letter “L” used at the start of a chapter. This one featuers thistles, clover (or shamrock), and a flower that could be a daisy. Update: it’s thistles (Scotland), shamrock [...] Keywords: initials, letterl, flowers, weeds, wild flowers, thistles, shamrocks, roses, england, scotland, ireland, symbols, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-11 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1062x938, 2124x1875, 227x200, 750x662 | Heron BridgeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Heron Bridge appears to be just South of Chester, near Chester Meadows, probably in what is now called Handbridge, near Boughton. The picture shows a path with a gate or stile in a fence, cows ankle-d [...] Keywords: rivers, bridges, water, cows, animals, trees, houses, birds, fences, country scenes, greyscale Places shown: Heron Bridge; Chester; England Added: 2019-01-15 + S K L R N |
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1025x1025, 200x200, 2050x2050, 750x750 | Eaton HallThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, is situated in a very large, though hardly picturesque, park, which is liberally thrown open to strangers, and, in consequence, is a great bo [...] Keywords: stately homes, bridges, parks, trees, cattle, towers, manor houses, greyscale Places shown: Ecclestone; Cheshire; England Added: 2020-07-20 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1140x938, 2279x1875, 243x200, 750x617 | Bryn-y-PysThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) This hall was built in the late 1730s, was remodelled in the 1850s, and, having fallen into disrepair, was demolished in 1956. The engraving here was printed in 1875 and probably shows the hall after [...] Keywords: stately homes, mansions, houses, buildings, trees, parks, views, windows, parks, deer, animals, greyscale Places shown: Bryn-Y-Pys; Overton-on-Dee; Denbigh; Wales Added: 2019-01-13 + S K L R N |
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