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The book cover for “The Story of Some English Shires” The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Green and gold book cover.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-20

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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 [...]

Keywords: bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2005-09-20

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Wordsworth’s House, Rydal Mount The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“It is needless to speak of the glory shed over the Lake Country by the pen of Wordsworth, who gave an abiding expression to the influence which the varying moods of nature could exercise over the min [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Ambleside; Westmorland; England

Added: 2006-05-24

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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 [...]

Keywords: castles, manors, towers, water, trees, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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Furness Abbey. The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

[...] at the time of the Domesday survey [c.A.D. 1080] therewas no county of Lancashire, but the three portions which the county now contains lay scattered. The district of Cartmell had been detache [...]

Keywords: ruins, arches, norman architecture, abbeys, greyscale

Places shown: Barrow-in-Furness; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-10-01

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Prestbury Old Hall The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The best picture I could find online of this building (or what seems to be the same building) has a caption saying “it used to be the Priest’s House and is thought to date from the year 1498.” If thi [...]

Keywords: buildings, tudor architecture, architecture, windows, christmas, half-timbered, greyscale

Places shown: Prestbury; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-08-31

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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’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: gates, towers, entrances, people, windows, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: pulpits, arches, interiors, church architecture, churches, religion, greyscale

Places shown: 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 [...]

Keywords: houses, mansions, buildings, stately homes, battlements, tudor architecture, mullions, windows, towers, people, hunting, dogs, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Hinchinbrooke; Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2013-10-17

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