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Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

The English home of the WashingtonsNow little more than a farm house, the manor was a priory of St Andrew’s before the Reformation in the 16th Century. It’s located in Sulgrave, near Banbury in Oxford [...]

Keywords: manors, horses, trees, farms, george washington, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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The Manor House, AusterfieldAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Where Governor William Bradford was born. The picture is marked By permission of E. L. Scrivens whom I take to be the occupant portrayed. William Bradford (born 1588) was the second governor of Plymou [...]

Keywords: buildings, people, houses, pilgrim fathers, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-30

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Austerfield ChurchAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“Austerfield is a typical north country village. Less picturesque than such midland and southern hamlets as Brington, Ecton and Penshurst, these northern villages, with their steep-roofed, narrow-gabl [...]

Keywords: churches, graveyards, gravestones, churchyards, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-19

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Cells at town hall, Boston, England, where the Pilgrim Fathers were confinedAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

A photograph of a prison, jail or gaol, showing the iron bars of open cell doors. According to the extract from the book that follows, the “Pilgrim Fathers” (a group of Puritans, a sort of fanatical [...]

Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, spooky, pilgrim fathers, greyscale

Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2006-02-20

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Prison Cells (wallpaper version)Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

A version of Prison Cells... for use as a computer desktop background image (root wallpaper or whatever you call it on your system). I cropped the image and increased the contrast to make it more atm [...]

Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, wallpaper, backgrounds, pilgrim fathers, greyscale

Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2006-02-20

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Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) “Lawrence Washington, of Gray’s Inn, lived in or near Northa [...]

Keywords: interiors, beds, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-27

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Penshurst Place, KentAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“In this fourteenth-century castle lived the great English liberal, Algernon Sidney, the friend and counsellor of William Penn, who had a hand in drawing up the famous “Frame of Government” for the Pr [...]

Keywords: manors, trees, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-03-12

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Baronial hall, Penshurst PlaceAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“On the left are the buttery and the kitchens and, separated from the stone passage by a screen of carved oak panels, is the Great Hall, the glory and wonder of the castle, with its open timber roof, [...]

Keywords: interiors, fireplaces, manors, furniture, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-03-12

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The Post-Office at PenshurstAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Perhaps Tudor or older?

Keywords: houses, gravestones, chimneys, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-03-12

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Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Version cropped for use as a wallpaper (screen background for computer desktop)

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, BristolAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in [...]

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, christmas, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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Methley Hall, YorkshireAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

This building was demolished in 1963, and there is nothing left of it. I find no mention of this Hall in the book, unfortunately. Methley Hall was the country house of the Savile family, Earls of Mex [...]

Keywords: manors, animals, sheep, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-04-02

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