Items in or near Berkshire (results page 5)

Restoration of Old Cottage at Steep Petersfield Old English Country Cottages (1906)

STEEP, HAMPSHIRE.From a water-colour drawing byWalter Tyndale.The only district where stone-slated roofs were hipped was in the heart of the tile counties. Here there are a number, the builders merely [...]

Keywords: cottages, art, houses, roofs, chimneys, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-30

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400.—Winchester Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The successor ofHenry Beauclerkwas also an usurper. The rival pretensions of Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda filled the land with bloodshed and terror for nineteeen years. From the north to [...]

Keywords: views, churches, trees, cities, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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The Muniment Room at Merton College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas.(I think the Muniment Room was built to hold manuscripts, but I am not certain)“The time is the end of the fourteenth century. The forest and the moor stretch to the e [...]

Keywords: entrances, colleges, windows, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-10-04

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The Lion Gates, Hampton Court The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

Hampton Court Palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey, starting in 1514, although some time in the 1520s it became the property of King Henry VIII.The Lion Gates are at the Bushey Park entrance to the Pal [...]

Keywords: gates, entrances, statues, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: East Molesey; Surrey; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

A version ofStone Henge in Wiltshire [1780]with the publisher’s name removed from the bottom, making it the right shape for many computer screens. There is also awidescreen stonehenge wallpaperversion [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire. The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Stonehenge in a woodcut from 1786. I would not assume that the drawing is very accurate. In the foreground is a group of people on the ground, to give a sense of scale.Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.Publ [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wide-screen version The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

A version ofStone Henge in Wiltshire [1780]cropped and resized for use on an HDTV or a wide-screen computer monitor. There is also a4:3version, e.g. 1600x1200 or 1024x768.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, monuments, ruins, people, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Oxford Oxford (1910)

Line illustration from first page of the book.

Keywords: towns, chapterheads, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-02-22

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Magdalen Tower From Christchurch Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines

Keywords: colleges, churches, towers, trees, forests, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-14

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The Birthplace of Charles Dickens The Leisure Hour (1904)

1 Mile End Terrace, Portsea (now [i.e. 1904] 393 Commercial Road, Portsmouth)(By permission of Messrs. A. and C. Black)The magazine (Leisure Hour, 1904) contains several illustrations fromThe Dickens [...]

Keywords: birthplaces, houses, buildings, windows, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Portsmouth; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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Magdalen Cloisters Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations ofOxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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Snowshill Cotswold Country (1939)

The caption mentions that there was not enough money to finish the church tower, and so it was capped with grey slate.Today Snowshill is known for the manor-house, which is now run by the National Tru [...]

Keywords: old photographs, churches, views, colour

Places shown: Snowshill; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-12-16

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High Street Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

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A Glade in the New Forest Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

(From a Photograph by F. G. Short, Lyndhurst)Frederick Golden Short died in 1936, 70 years ago, in the UK; this images is therefore out of copyright and I place the scanned image in the public domain. [...]

Keywords: paths, forests, trees, spooky, colour

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Castle Street Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-14

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Magdalen College From the Cherwell Oxford (1910)

Magdalen Tower, rising 150 feet in exquisite proportion, and standing just where the Cherwell is spanned by the well-known bridge, is in the opinion of many the fairest sight in Oxford.[p. 9]

Keywords: towers, water, bridges, churches, colour, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Christchurch College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford
From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges, colour

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Berkeley Castle In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“There are few English castles where the spirit of medievalism lingers as at Berkeley and few that have darker deeds recorded in their long annals of crime. [...] The castle, grim, many-towered, ivy-c [...]

Keywords: castles, overgrown, towers, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Berkeley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2007-09-18

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Niches at Oriel Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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