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The Bridge at Durham
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
Etched by J.C. Varrall from a drawing by Thomas Hearne in the British Museum. Walter & Boutall ph. sc.The picture shows Elvet Bridge, which was originally built in the 12th century, repaired in 1500 a [...]
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bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour
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Durham
Durham; England
Added: 2005-09-20
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Stokesay Castle
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
“Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...]
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castles, manors, towers, water, trees, christmas, greyscale
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Stokesay; Shropshire; England
Added: 2006-08-18
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In Needwood Forest
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
“. . . the Roman road from leicester to Chester skirted the Forest of Needwood, and was held by a station at Uttoxeter” (p. 177)In Needwood Forest is some of Britain’s most ancient woodland. It is man [...]
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forests, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, spooky, greyscale
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Needwood Forest; Tutbury; Staffordshire; England
Added: 2005-09-20
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Courtyard, Naworth Castle
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]
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castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale
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Brampton; Cumberland; England
Added: 2006-09-07
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Much Wenlock Abbey.
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]
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abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
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Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England
Added: 2007-01-17
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Tutbury Castle
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in this castle, which dated from Norman times or before, but was destroyed in the Civil War around the 1640s. Mary was imprisoned in a maediaeval tower.For the most [...]
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castles, ruins, cattle, arches, greyscale
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Tutbury; Staffordshire; England
Added: 2010-10-01
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Edgar’s Gateway, Worcester
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
The engraving (signedWhymper) is of Edgar Tower, also known as St Mary’s Gate, an arched and defended stone tower guarding a gateway in the city wall. It was thought to have been build in the 10th Ce [...]
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gates, towers, entrances, people, windows, christmas, greyscale
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Worcester; Worcestershire; England
Added: 2006-06-14
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Wycliffe’s Pulpit at Lutterworth
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
Today John Wycliffe is remembered most for his translation of the Bible; he preached from this stone pulpit in Lutterworth Church.The last half of the fourteenth century found Leicester again connecte [...]
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pulpits, arches, interiors, church architecture, churches, religion, greyscale
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Lutterworth; Leciestershire; England
Added: 2013-05-24
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Hinchinbrook House, Huntingdon
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here in 1564 by the owner and original builder, Henry, grandson of one Morgan Williams of Glamorganshire, wife to the sister of Oliver Comwell. The house was sold in [...]
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houses, mansions, buildings, stately homes, battlements, tudor architecture, mullions, windows, towers, people, hunting, dogs, animals, greyscale
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Hinchinbrooke; Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire; England
Added: 2013-10-17
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