Items in or near Durham (results page 2)

379.—Carlisle Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The knights arrive on horseback over the bridge and into the castle walls. Carlisle castle was built in 1090 on the site of an older Roman fortress.The Castle ofCarlislewas founded by William Rufus. [...]

Keywords: castles, knights, towers, battlements, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Carlisle; Cumberland; England

Added: 2012-04-19

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382.—Alnwick Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A dramatic view of Alnwick Castle in a storm, with its towers, castle walls and battlements standing high on the hillside. The wood engraving is signed J. W. Whimper; this is the same person as J. W. [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, water, battlements, hills, views, storms, greyscale

Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England

Added: 2011-06-09

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383.—Rock of Bamborough with Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There has been a settlement here for at Bamborough for hundreds of years; a castle was mentioned here in the year 547, but was probably over 100 years old even then. That castle was destroyed by Viki [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, battlements, walls, cliffs, animals, cattle, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bamburgh; Northumberland; England

Added: 2014-07-03

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419.—Warkworth Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dates from the 12th Century but extensvely modified in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ruined.

Keywords: castles, hills, towers, backgrounds, wallpaper, views, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Carlisle Castle, Cumberland The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, clouds, sheep, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Carlisle; Cumberland; England

Added: 1999-11-18

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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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420.—Warkworth Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Interior of a Room in Warkworth Castle.

Keywords: interiors, windows, colour

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Clifford’s Tower is the site of a 12th century massacre of 100 or so Jews probably as a result of the anti-semitic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the circular structure on the left of th [...]

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

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-07-14

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45. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland The Growth of the English House (1909)

The keep (cir. 1435 – 40)“Another interesting mixture of the ancient and the modern is to be seen at Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. This was a very old foundation retaining much early work in its [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Desktop Background Version The Growth of the English House (1909)

Version ofWarwkworth Castlecropped, resized and hand-coloured byLiam Quinto make a computer background for your desktop (a wallpaper image).I thought this looked like a nice imposing mediaeval castle [...]

Keywords: castles, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland: Plan of the Keep The Growth of the English House (1909)

1. Vestibule (leading from entrance in basement)2. Hall.3. Chapel.4. Great Chamber.5. Kitchens.6. Pantry and buttery.“[...] It has cellars and a great hall, with buttery and kitchens at one end, while [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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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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The Cathedral of York Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

Better known today as York Minster. The cathedral church of St. Peter was founded in the 7th century; the present building was begun in 1172, but took 300 years to complete.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-21

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The Minster, North Side Red Book Of York (1901)

York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220.One thing every visitor to the city of York will surely notice is that the Minster s [...]

Keywords: churches, trees, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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589.—Durham Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Durham Cathedral is aUNESCOworld heritage site today. It was built in the 11th century and so is almost a thousand years old. But it still works.partial alterations, improvements, and some important a [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, interiors, pillars, churches, people, shadows, light, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2012-08-17

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590.—Stone Chair in the Chapter House, Durham. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The interior [of Durham Cathedral] presents many objects of high interest—[such] as the sumptuous bishop’s throne (Fig. 602), the stone chair (Fig. 590), and above all, the common tomb of St. Cuthbert [...]

Keywords: furniture, carving, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2014-03-16

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Wentworth Woodhouse. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

WENTWORTH HOUSENear Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam.Thisgrand seat of one of our greatest English families, is most beautifully situated in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, four miles from “Fair R [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Rotherham; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2013-12-31

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700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

These days it’s open to the public from March to October.“Byland Abbey (Fig. 701 [and 700]) needs but few words. It was founded in 1117 by Roger de Mowbray, the nobleman whose estates were sequestrate [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2000-04-02

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841.—Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ruins date from the 12th Century; modern photographs indicate that it’s in slightly better shape than this picture suggests. Prudhoe is about 10 miles West of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, water, trees, entrances, bridges, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Prudhoe; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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1023.—Howden Church Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The perfect Romantic Ruin, an abbey that was once a place of worship and a seat of power, and has now fallen so low that cattle graze where there was once a High Altar.A poem written by William Wordsw [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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