Items in or near Berkshire (results page 8)

Hall of Christ Church College Oxford Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Christchurch, you have no doubt heard, is the richest, most magnificent, and most celebrated of all the collegiate establishments of Oxford. It is the especial resort of the sons of the richest gentr [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, interiors, people, ceilings

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford Castle Oxford (1910)

The square tower in the background is part of the remains of Oxford Castle.

Keywords: castles, houses, water, bridges, canals, people, roads, colour, trees

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Old Episcopal Palace. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Tudor houses with mullioned windows; I think that this building is not mentioned in the text.

Keywords: buildings, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2008-07-11

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Bramshill, Façade Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Originally pre-Norman, the present stately house was started at about 1605, and was designed by John Thorpe. It is now a police training centre. There is an 18th century story that thehouse is haunt [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Hartley Wintney; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Place House Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Originally there was an abbey here, founded in 1232. After the dissolution it went to Thomas Wriothesley, first Earl of Southampton, who mostly demolished it and built the house.

Keywords: manors, windows, chimneys, towers, spooky, colour

Places shown: Titchfield; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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The Cottages, Worcester College Gardens Oxford (1910)

Not a little has the modern revival of gardening, which has brought back the old herbaceous border, added to the charm of cottage gardens.[p. 25]

Keywords: houses, flowers, people, trees, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street Oxford (1910)

...the Clarendon Building with its lofty pillared porch, where once the University Press was housed.[p. 30]

Keywords: buildings, towns, colour, roads, carts, streets

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Magdalan Bridge and Tower Oxford (1910)

Magdalan 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 fariest sight in Oxford.[p. 9]

Keywords: bridges, towers, churches, water, boats, flowers, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Druidical Temple, Avebury Youth’s Instruction (1830)

Engraved by Mc. Gahey.This engraving accompanied the December 1830 issue of theYouth’s Instructor and Guardian, the article being entitled Druidical Temple, Avebury(With an Engraving).“This once magni [...]

Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, people, churches, ruins, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-10

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Christ Church Oxford (1910)

Now let us stroll on – ’tis but a step – to Christ Church. Sometimes it seems as though this should take precedence of all other colleges. Its chapel is Oxford’s Cathedral, its quadrangles are the f [...]

Keywords: towns, churches, towers, roads, people, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-11

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Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda Oxford (1910)

... the great dome of the Radcliffe Camera rose up in the space between All Souls and brasenose colleges, and was thenceforth the first object to take the eye of one who looks on Oxford lying glorious [...]

Keywords: churches, lawns, tudor, flowerboxes, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Plan of Oxford from circa 1900 Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Overview map of Oxford from 1900 or so, showing the River Thames of Isis, giving the names of almost all the streets, marking the colleges of Oxford University, the railway and other items.

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, colleges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-07-19

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Oxford and its Colleges Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

The figure is captioned as follows:1. Oriel. 2. St. John’s. 3. Christ Church Cathedral and Chapter House. 4. Christ Church and Tom Tower. 5. St. Mary’s and ‘the High. 6. Magdalen College and Bridge fr [...]

Keywords: colleges, cathedrals, towers, churches, cities, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-07-19

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Botanic Gardens and Magdalan Tower Oxford (1910)

The Botanical Gardens by Magdalan Bridge.Their situation on the brink of the River Cherwell, and almost under the shadow of Magdalan Tower, is what probably appeals most strongly to the ordinary obser [...]

Keywords: water, ponds, trees, towers, churches, people, paths, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-28

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The College Barges and Folly Bridge Oxford (1910)

The River Cherwell; Folly Bridge is in the distance.

Keywords: water, boats, people, bridges, trees, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-16

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The Stone Pulpit at Magdalen College. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunnet-Debaines.

Keywords: colleges, windows, towers, churches, creeper, people, dogs, entrances, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Overview map of Berkshire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Berkshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Advert: Delightful Steamer Trips Lynton, Lynmouth, Exmoor, Minehead and the Land of Lorna Doone (1910)

An advertisment from the beginning of the travel guide.DELIGHTFUL STEAMER TRIPSTHROUGH 90 MILES Of THAMES SCENERY. Daily service (Sundays excepted) from May to end of September.SALOON STEAMERS run dai [...]

Keywords: page images, advertisements, boats, transport, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-16

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Overview map of Gloucestershire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Overview map of Hampshire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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