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Sulgrave Manor Ancestral 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, Austerfield Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Where Governor William Bradford was born.The picture is markedBy permission of E. L. Scrivenswhom I take to be the occupant portrayed.William Bradford (born 1588) was the second governor of Plymouth P [...]

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

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-30

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Austerfield Church Ancestral 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 confined Ancestral 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 ofPrison 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 atmos [...]

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 Manor Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“It was in this rromthat 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 Northampt [...]

Keywords: interiors, beds, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-27

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Penshurst Place, Kent Ancestral 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 Place Ancestral 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 Penshurst Ancestral 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, Bristol Ancestral 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, Yorkshire Ancestral 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 Mexbor [...]

Keywords: manors, animals, sheep, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-04-02

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