Items in or near England (results page 17)

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

Today, Charlecote Park is run by the National Trust; it is described there are a 16th century manor, although there had probably been a house there for some five hundred or more years. This picture, m [...]

Keywords: manors, buildings, houses, tudor architecture, arches, windows, clocks, colour

Places shown: Wellesbourne; Stratford-on-Avon; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-12-04

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Geoffrey Chaucer Historic Byways and Highways of Old England (1900)

This image is from the chapter “Chaucer and the Mediæval Inn.’ and bears the additional caption “From the Harleian MS. 4866, fol. 91.”The portrait of Chaucer, which the affection of his disciple, Thom [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, beards, monks, chaucer, pointing, rosaries, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-17

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Nether Alderly, Cheshire Old English Country Cottages (1906)

“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...]

Keywords: cottages, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Nether Alderley; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-03-23

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Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey founded in 969; it was closed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the stone was later used to build a number of Cambridge colleges. Today, part of what is l [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, buildings, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Ramsey; Huntingdonshire; England

Added: 2011-01-09

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Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1 The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

Pub 10thSept. 1784. by S. Hooper. R GodfreySc.Leibourn Castle (Plate I.)“This castle takes its name from the parish and manor of Laborne, or Leibourn, wherein it stands; and which is situated towards [...]

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

Places shown: Leybourne; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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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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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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67. Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset. The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Windows (late 15th century).I couldn’t find anything much about the stately home and priest house that I suspect is pictured here. If you want to visit, there is a localplace to stay.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, entrances, colour

Places shown: Brympton D’Evercy; Somerset; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Fowey: Entrance to the harbour. Round The Coast (1895)

“FOWEY.—This has been described as a miniature Dartmouth, and is a small seaport with a picturesque harbour at the mouth of the Fowey. This little place is 280 miles from London. In the old days it sh [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, views, towns, townscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Fowey; Cornwall; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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30.—Sculpture from the entrance to the chapter house, Westminster Abbey (1250) Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

“Examples abound, but both for beauty and accessibility we can refer to no better example than the carving which enriches the entrance to the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey (Fig. 30).” (p. 68)Carv [...]

Keywords: statuary, people, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-08-08

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68. Fawsley, Northamptonshire. The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Window of the Hall (late 15th century)(in the Perpendicular style. There is an official web site forFawsley Hall.)

Keywords: windows, manors, colour

Places shown: Fawsley; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Alton Towers (4:3 wallpaper version) Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A version of theAlton Towerspicture cropped slightly to make it fit on a 1600x1200, 1024x768 or similar compute screen.

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, turrets, trees, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Alton Towers; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-02-22

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Alton Towers. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Aother beautiful manor house or castle, with lots of towers and turrets. This picture is suitable for use as a computer desktop background image (wallpaper, root window picture) on a widescreen (8:5) [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, turrets, trees, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Alton Towers; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-02-22

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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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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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703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The village of Walsingham is alive and well; the Abbey itself was largely destroyed in 1538 during the English Reformation and became a private house.The memory of our “Lady ofWalsingham” demands long [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Added: 1999-10-28

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