Items in England (results page 28)

Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling are prominent. On the left there is a graveyard.

Keywords: churches, gothic, gravestones, churchyards, arches, windows, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-05-04

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The Shambles Red Book Of York (1901)

The Shambles is the name of a famous narrow cobbled street in the city of York.

Keywords: cities, street scenes, cobbles, people, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2009-01-18

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1801.—A Knotted Garden. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Let us now follow [William Shakespeare] into his retirement (about 1604) at the place so associated with all his early hopes and struggles, and joys and sorrows—Stratford—the place that was evidently, [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, gardens, houses, backgrounds, wallpaper, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Stratford; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2011-05-27

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1805.—Arthur’s Show. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows the interior of a large tent or pavillion, with a banner readingSocitie of Prince Arthurhanging from the ceiling, festooned with a garland. There is a round table and, in the front [...]

Keywords: archery, weapons, events, soldiers, contests, gaming, gluttony, monks, people, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Mile End; London; England

Added: 2012-12-05

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Old Framlingham England Beautiful (1936)

The photograph shows two of the towers around the curtain wall of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. The castle was built in the twelth century.

Keywords: castles, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-08-01

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Ilfracombe England Beautiful (1936)

The rocky shore at Ilfracombe, North Devon.

Keywords: water, beaches, rocks, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Ilfracombe; Devonshire; England

Added: 2006-10-12

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Haddon Hall England Beautiful (1936)

A photograph taken from an unusual angle; Haddon Hall is just visible at upper left. The Hall dates back to the 12th century, although the present occupants, the Manners family, have only lived there [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, bridges, water, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-07-20

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Framlingham Gate England Beautiful (1936)

The entrance to Framlingham Castle in Suffolk; you can see the remains of a coat of arms over the arch.

Keywords: castles, entrances, greyscale

Places shown: Framlingham; Suffolk; England

Added: 2006-09-04

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Tutbury Castle The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in this castle, which dated from Norman times or before, but was destroyed in the Civil War around the 1640s. Mary was imprisoned in a maediaeval tower.For the most [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Tutbury; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2010-10-01

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

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.“It appears that [Queen’s College] was also anxious to pull down the chamber of King Henry V. This is a strange craze for destruction, that some time ago endangered [...]

Keywords: colleges, bridges, arches, people, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Netley Abbey Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

“The site of Netley Abbey indeed, like that of all the abbeys of the Cistercian Order, is choice, and was selected by the founders for various reasons. A spot remote from towns, quiet and peaceful, o [...]

Keywords: ruins, windows, arches, colour

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-03-22

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The Tower of London The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all.The letters annotating various par [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, battlements, towers, boats, ships, moats, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A version ofThe Tower of London woodcutwith the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, castles, towers, battlements, boats, water, moats, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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Plate XXVII. Hereford Cathedral. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

South West View with Cloisters.“At Hereford, where the present tower was built in the fourteenth century, there was also, as in some large monastic churches, a tall tower above the western bay of the [...]

Keywords: churches, people, towers, windows, backgrounds, cathedrals, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Hereford; Herefordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-01

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Bampton Castle, West Side. The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

BAMPTON CASTLE ruines taken by Anthony a Wood Anno 1664The West sidea.Two Corner Towers one looking South West & the other North West.b.Two demi round towers jetting out from the Wall supported by pil [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Bampton; Devonshire; England

Added: 2006-03-11

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Plate XXVI: Lincoln Cathedral. West Front. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

The See of Lincoln was formed in AD 678, but the first cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake in 1185. The present building dates from between AD 1255 and AD 1300, with late Normon, Lancet-Pointed a [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, people, churches, towers, colour

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-08-06

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Waltham Abbey Whipping-Posts and Stocks. Bygone Punishments (1931)

The Anglo-Saxons whipped prisoners with a whip of three cords, knotted at the end. It was not an uncommon practice for mistresses to whip, or have their servants whipped, to death. William of Malmesbu [...]

Keywords: stocks, punishments, greyscale

Places shown: Waltham; Essex; England

Added: 2006-01-08

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1951.—Battle at Worcester Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

At top – View of Worcester. (From an old [as of 1845] Print.) The battle was fought on the foreground meadows. In the centre, the flight of [King] Charles before the Parliamentary Soldiers; designed [...]

Keywords: battles, horses, weapons, churches, towers, houses, towns, horses, greyscale

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-04-14

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Iffley Mill Oxford (1910)

“Close by [Christ Church] meadow the college barges line the banks of the Isis, and then come other meadows on either side – meadows nameless and indignified by pageantry, but sacred to Oxford’s speci [...]

Keywords: trees, water, grass, colour, mills

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Old Chained Bible Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible atNorth Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church.(From a Ph [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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