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Front Cover of “England Beautiful” England Beautiful (1936)

Light brown buckram (cloth) binding with dark red/purple illustration.

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-02

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Two Little Homes—Biddestone England Beautiful (1936)

This book was written by a rich American tourist visiting the UK, and sometimes his condescending attitude that America is the Best Country gets a little too much. But the photo is well done! A thatc [...]

Keywords: houses, thatched cottages, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Under the Beeches England Beautiful (1936)

A narrow English country lane passes beneath the shady canopy of trees. In the foreground is a dry stone wall.

I am guessing this is in Biddestone.

Keywords: trees, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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A Doorway Colloquy England Beautiful (1936)

A thatched cottage with an English country garden behind a stone wall, and a huge tree. If you look very closely there are two people standing in one of the doors (thanks to Martina Fuseli for pointin [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, thatched cottages, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Woodland Water England Beautiful (1936)

The book gives no further detail that I can find. A waterfall in a stream in a forest.

Keywords: water, waterfalls, forests, trees, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-05-22

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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.

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

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-05-22

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Druid’s Glen England Beautiful (1936)

“We dislike the word river for these mountain streams which are quite small except in wrong impression to an American. They are brooks, or streams, or creeks, to our eyes and so broken by rocks and w [...]

Keywords: trees, water, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-06

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Dryburgh Abbey England Beautiful (1936)

“Nestled in seclusion beside a loop on the banks of the Tweed stands the graceful ruins of Dryburgh Abbey.” saysHistoric Scotland.Although the title of the book is “England Beautiful” the author was a [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Dryburgh; Melrose; Berwickshire; Scotland

Added: 2005-03-15

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Overhang—Stokesay Castle England Beautiful (1936)

See the Location Search for other pictures of Stokesay Castle.

Keywords: windows, manors, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-03-15

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The Baptistry, Canterbury England Beautiful (1936)

Keywords: abbeys, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-06-05

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Pottergate, Lincoln England Beautiful (1936)

The remains of a fortified entrance (gate) in the City Walls of Lincoln, called Pottergate. Today it’s a grade I listed building, and is also located on the Viking Way, a footpath in England almost 15 [...]

Keywords: battlements, castles, walls, arrow slits, arches, entrances, cathedrals, chuches, towers, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Pottergate; Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-04-25

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Old Framlingham England Beautiful (1936)

The photograph shows two of the towers around the curtain wall of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. The castle was built in the twelth century.

Keywords: castles, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-08-01

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Ilfracombe England Beautiful (1936)

The rocky shore at Ilfracombe, North Devon.

Keywords: water, beaches, rocks, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Ilfracombe; Devonshire; England

Added: 2006-10-12

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The Portal England Beautiful (1936)

An unidentified castle entrance, overrun by ivy or creepers. I don’t recognise this entrance; any help would be welcome.

Keywords: castles, entrances, creeper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-07-22

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Haddon Hall England Beautiful (1936)

A photograph taken from an unusual angle; Haddon Hall is just visible at upper left. The Hall dates back to the 12th century, although the present occupants, the Manners family, have only lived there [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, bridges, water, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-07-20

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Framlingham Gate England Beautiful (1936)

The entrance to Framlingham Castle in Suffolk; you can see the remains of a coat of arms over the arch.

Keywords: castles, entrances, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-09-04

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The Ancient Yew England Beautiful (1936)

A huge yew tree overshadows an even older church in this gloomy unkempt churchyard; tombs and graves of various sorts are visible in the long grass.

Keywords: churchyards, trees, churches, gravestones, graves, tombs, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-23

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A Saxon Mill England Beautiful (1936)

This is instantly recognizable as the Saxon Mill at Guy’s Cliffe in Warwickshire; it’s mentiontd in the Domesday Book, and there’s a stone dated 1060 by the door, although the mill was running (it’s s [...]

Keywords: mills, buildings, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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

Added: 2009-11-22

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Tintern Abbey England Beautiful (1936)

A ruined abbey in South-East Wales.

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-06

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A Cathedral Crypt England Beautiful (1936)

Stone pillars support ancient arches; on the right lies an ornate carved tomb of some long-forgotten knight, shrouded in darkness and alone in death.

Keywords: tombs, cathedrals, interiors, arches, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-06-07

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