Items in England (results page 30)

Wolvesey Castle Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

There appears to be a tennis court in the middle of this ruined castle!(From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon)I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Ely Cathedral Youth’s Instruction (1830)

“The first mention of a religious foundation at Ely occurs shortly after the introduction of Christianity into Britain, and especially into that part of the island called East Anglia, where Ethelbert, [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, people, horses, trees, towers, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Ely; Norfolk; England

Added: 2005-04-07

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2175.—Chancel of St. Giles, Cripplegate. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is a picture of the inside of the church now called St. Giles-without-Cripplegate (‘without’ being an old word meaning ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’). The modern church was largely rebuilt after being ba [...]

Keywords: churches, interiors, pulpits, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2016-01-23

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London Bridge in 1694 London (1872)

The old London Bridge shown in this wonderfully emotive engraving was lined with houses all along, a remarkably unsafe construction that did not survive.The bridge [...] survives in its picturesque ma [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, bridges, water, houses, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2011-09-11

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Martyrs Memorial Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“In Broad Street, under the windows of Balliol, there is a small stone cross in the pavement. This marks the place where, some years ago, a great heap of wooden ashes was found. These ashes were the [...]

Keywords: monuments, spires, religion, statuary, boys, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-30

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2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“If in one of those magic freaks of which eastern tales are so full, a person who had never seen Oxford or Cambridge, nor paid much attention to aught he might have read about them, were set down just [...]

Keywords: views, people, cities, cityscapes, water, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-03-18

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King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Sixteenth-Century chapel at King’s College in Cambridge University is famous not only for its music but also for its fabulous architecture. This 1845 engraving shows not only the amazing vaulted s [...]

Keywords: colour, interiors, chapels, architecture, windows, columns, religion, valuting, ceilings

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2014-01-31

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2280.—The Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Pepys library holds over 3,000 volumes; the building probably dates from 1700 or so.Samuel Pepys himself wrote his name in a number of ways, including Pepis, Pepys, Peeps and Pepes.Pepys Library W [...]

Keywords: colleges, people, arches, trees, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalene College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2005-07-21

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Burghley House from the Gardens Desiderata (1779)

A spectacularly beautiful Elizabethan house, Burghley was built by William Cecil, the Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I., between 1555 and 1587; William Cecil’s family (their descendents, that [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Stamford; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-08-10

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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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John Bunyan’s Cottage Home Words for Heart and Hearth (1888)

An engraving of the cottage in Elstow where John Bunyan lived, and a portrait of him.

John Bunyan is chiefly famous for writing the moral storyPilgrim’s Progress.

Keywords: john bunyan, cottages, people, writers, portraits, men, greyscale

Places shown: Elstow; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2022-05-28

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A Saxon Mill England Beautiful (1936)

This is instantly recognizable as the Saxon Mill at Guy’s Cliffe in Warwickshire; it’s mentiontd in the Domesday Book, and there’s a stone dated 1060 by the door, although the mill was running (it’s s [...]

Keywords: mills, buildings, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-11-22

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2333.—Guy’s Cliff Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I visited this in 1984 or so, when it appeeared to be a ruin with broken windows but still surrounded by water and rather hard to reach.There was a statue ofGuy of Warwickhere, although the house is n [...]

Keywords: manors, ruins, backgrounds, wallpaper, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-04-28

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Gateway of St. John’s College Cambridge and its Story (1912)

Founded in 1135 as the Hospital of the Brethren of St. John the Evangelist. The Master and Fellows of Peterhouse pay annually the sum of twenty shillings to compensate the hopital for the housing of s [...]

Keywords: entrances, arches, colleges, towers, gothic, colour

Places shown: St John’s College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2004-03-11

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Lemonade Vendor London (1872)

A man with long straggly hair wearing a top hat and an old coat is selling lemonade from a bucket with wooden cups tied to it.“The reader will perceive, in the scenes which have caught the attention o [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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The Butcher, Newport Market Alley London (1872)

A bearded butcher chops meat, seemingly on a tree-stump, surrounded by his customers.“What! you have no district markets in London! People buy their meat and vegetables in these horrible little shops! [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, beards, shopkeepers, food, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-10-27

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Sharp, Brothers, And Co.’s Engine Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“The annexed illustration will give a much better idea of the locomotive engine and boiler than the last one.” (p. 241)There is also a cross-section of this locomotive, which I have scanned but not ye [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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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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2404.—Belsize House. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Belsize House was demolished about the time of this book, or perhaps a few year afterwards. There is still a mulberry tree growing from the gardens (2011).The most noted places of entertainment durin [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2011-03-12

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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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