Items in or near Surrey (results page 7)

Ostenhanger House, Kent, Plate I The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

Ostenhanger was merged with next-door Westenhanger Castle in 1509; today the manor is open for weddings but the part shown in this woodcut appears to be in ruins.The plate is signed Godfrey. Sc. (i.e. [...]

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

Places shown: Westenhanger; Hythe; Kent; England

Added: 2013-05-01

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86.—Pevensey Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions calledRapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be th [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, trees, water, towers, colour

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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The Chapel of St. Pancras in St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

The ruins of this little oratory stand near the south-easternmost part of the Abbey-close. It is commonly supposed to be of great antiquity, but this opinion is controverted by Somner, who gives very [...]

Keywords: ruins, chapels, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2009-04-07

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914.—Strand Gate, Winchelsea Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Built in the late 13th Century. It still has a road running through the arch today.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, arches, colour

Places shown: Winchelsea; Sussex; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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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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922. West gate and Holy Cross Church, Canterbury. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the great insurrection just mentioned, perished, on Tower Hill, Simon de Sudbury, son of Nicolas Tibald, gentleman, of Sudbury, in Suffolk. He was eighteen years Bishop of London, and, on being el [...]

Keywords: churches, gates, battlements, towers, castles churches, towers, carriages, people, children, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2019-10-31

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925.—Bodiam Castle, Sussex. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The castle stands in the moat. One of a number of pictures of Bodiam Castle on this Web site.

Keywords: castles, moats, towers, water, greyscale

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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926.—Arundel Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In this wood engraving, the castle is in the middle distance, with someone squatting or perhaps sitting and fishing, in the foregroud to give a sense of scale.Arundel Castle (Fig. 926) has for many ce [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, views, greyscale

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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928.—Betchworth Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] Not many months after, the earl’s brother, thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, banished in the same cause, set the crown of Richard on Bolingbroke’s head. Of course the Arundels found favour with [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Betchworth; Surrey; England

Added: 2009-03-14

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94.—The Norman Tower The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

The Norman Tower at Windsor Castle.

Keywords: castles, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-05-21

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94.—The norm Tower (Wallpaper remix) The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A hand-coloured version ofThe Norman Towercropped for use as a desktop background or wallpaper.

Keywords: castles, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, towers

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-05-21

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The Long Walk The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

“There remains to stroll in the famous Great Park, with its magnificent avenue of the Long Walk, three miles in length, flanked by its double lines of glorious elms, and terminating in the height of S [...]

Keywords: trees, parks, roads, castles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-09-09

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The Tower of London England (1898)

“London [...] was secured [for William] by the erection of a fortress which afterward grew into the Tower, but William desired to reign not as a conqueror but as a lawful king. At Christmas [A.D. 1066 [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, castles, towers, sails, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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Lantern-carrier London (Volume I) (1841)

A bearded man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and wearing a heavy winter coat walks forward carrying a spear in his left hand and a lit lantern, or lanthorn, in his right.‘Lanthorn, and a whole candle lig [...]

Keywords: people, street scenes, lanterns, weapons, spears, beards, winter, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-12-15

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Bodiam Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

Bodiam Castle in Sussex dates from 1385; follow theBodiamlink for at least one more picture of this picturesque castle.

National Trust Web page for Bodiam Castle

Keywords: colour, castles, moats, towers, water

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-30

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1027.—Ruins of Netley Abbey Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There is another more recent picture of Netley Abbey; see the Netley Location link.“To the desecrators of the fine old relics of England we commend the story told of a builder of Southampton, in conne [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, windows, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-19

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Watchmen London (Volume I) (1841)

Two men in long winter cloaks walk the night-time streets of London, each carrying a lantern. One also has a hand-bell and both have spears. The image is credited to “Dekker, 1616.”Stow says that in Q [...]

Keywords: people, watchmen, lanterns, street scenes, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-12-19

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1048.—Hadley Church Tower and Beacon Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“On top of a turret at the South West angle of the tower is an iron cresset, fire pan or pitch-pot, an almost unique survivor of other days. It was erected by the monks to guide wayfarers crossing Enf [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, people, greyscale

Places shown: Hadley; London; England

Added: 2003-07-31

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105.—Arundel Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

Parts of Arundel Castle date as far back as A.D. 1068. Since 1138 the castle has for the most part belonged to the same family and their descendents; it has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for [...]

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2007-07-19

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109. Window from Sir Paul Pindar’s House, Bishopsgate. The Growth of the English House (1909)

Now in the Victoria and Albert Musem [London]. Bishopsgate Street is in London.

Keywords: windows, colour

Places shown: Bishopgate; London; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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