Items in England (results page 32)

Hinchinbrook House, Huntingdon The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here in 1564 by the owner and original builder, Henry, grandson of one Morgan Williams of Glamorganshire, wife to the sister of Oliver Comwell. The house was sold in [...]

Keywords: houses, mansions, buildings, stately homes, battlements, tudor architecture, mullions, windows, towers, people, hunting, dogs, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Hinchinbrooke; Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2013-10-17

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The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street Oxford (1910)

...the Clarendon Building with its lofty pillared porch, where once the University Press was housed.[p. 30]

Keywords: buildings, towns, colour, roads, carts, streets

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Guy’s Cliffe, Warwick Warwick and Leamington (1920)

“The Coventry road to Guy’s Cliffe is a royal and a literary road. Kings, queens, princes, poets, painters and authors have trodden it; also that luckless King’s favourite, Piers Gaveston, whose come [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, water, trees, colour

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

Added: 2004-10-12

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King John Sealing Magna Charta The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

King John sits on a throne under a huge canopy and raised up on a daïs, a large scroll in front of him which is presumably the original copy of the Magna Carta itself. He is about to press a seal into [...]

Keywords: magna carta, royalty, costumes, thrones, people, kings, bishops, ceremony, greyscale

Places shown: Ankerwick; Buckinghamshire; England

Added: 2015-06-24

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Magdalan Bridge and Tower Oxford (1910)

Magdalan Tower, rising 150 feet in exquisite proportion, and standing just where the Cherwell is spanned by the well-known bridge, is in the opinion of many the fariest sight in Oxford.[p. 9]

Keywords: bridges, towers, churches, water, boats, flowers, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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The Leam at Leamington Warwick and Leamington (1920)

“For from leafy Leamington every old, historic, and romantic spot in the whole of Shakeslpeare’s classic land can be visited and inspected in a day’s ride in carriage, coach, or motor car.” (p. 32)

Keywords: rivers, water, churches, towers, trees, boats, people, colour

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-10-12

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Whittington Castle, Shropshire (wallpaper version) In Unfamiliar England (1910)

This is a version ofWhittington Castleresized and cropped so it fits on most computer desktops.

Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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Whittington Castle, Shropshire. In Unfamiliar England (1910)

There was a castle here over a thousand years ago, but the current buildings probably date from the 1200s and later.Whitting Castle Preservation Trusthopes to conserve the castle.All the book says is [...]

Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, greyscale

Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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Woodcroft House Murder: Desktop Wallpaper Version Desiderata (1779)

See the mainWoodcroft Houseplate for more information about this gruesome murder.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, manors, people, battles, violence, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648 Desiderata (1779)

It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]

Keywords: violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Old Shop, corner of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane in 1799 London (Volume V) (1843)

The general character of shops in olden London was to have the wares exposed openly to the street, without any barrier of glass between the buyer and seller. Wherever our old topographers and chronicl [...]

Keywords: buildings, shops, architecture, windows, people, old-fashioned, xmas, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2019-02-25

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Druidical Temple, Avebury Youth’s Instruction (1830)

Engraved by Mc. Gahey.This engraving accompanied the December 1830 issue of theYouth’s Instructor and Guardian, the article being entitled Druidical Temple, Avebury(With an Engraving).“This once magni [...]

Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, people, churches, ruins, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-10

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Christ Church Oxford (1910)

Now let us stroll on – ’tis but a step – to Christ Church. Sometimes it seems as though this should take precedence of all other colleges. Its chapel is Oxford’s Cathedral, its quadrangles are the f [...]

Keywords: towns, churches, towers, roads, people, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-11

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In the Jephson Gardens, Leamington Warwick and Leamington (1920)

“Enter the Jephson Gardens now by this eastern end, and go right through to the Parade, and to the Pump Room and Gardens across the Parade. These handsoe Gardens take their title from the celebrated [...]

Keywords: colour, trees

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-01-09

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The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on w [...]

Keywords: soldiers, weapons, guns, cannons, street scenes, bare feet, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2007-04-07

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Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda Oxford (1910)

... the great dome of the Radcliffe Camera rose up in the space between All Souls and brasenose colleges, and was thenceforth the first object to take the eye of one who looks on Oxford lying glorious [...]

Keywords: churches, lawns, tudor, flowerboxes, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Plan of Oxford from circa 1900 Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Overview map of Oxford from 1900 or so, showing the River Thames of Isis, giving the names of almost all the streets, marking the colleges of Oxford University, the railway and other items.

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, colleges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-07-19

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Oxford and its Colleges Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

The figure is captioned as follows:1. Oriel. 2. St. John’s. 3. Christ Church Cathedral and Chapter House. 4. Christ Church and Tom Tower. 5. St. Mary’s and ‘the High. 6. Magdalen College and Bridge fr [...]

Keywords: colleges, cathedrals, towers, churches, cities, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-07-19

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Opening of a New Promenade and Drinking-Fountain at Blackpool, Lancashire Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

The engraving shows soldiers, a marching band, flags and banners, triumphal arches and crowds, with the Clifton Arms Hotel in the background. The Clifton Arms Hotel was being rebuilt, and here I thin [...]

Keywords: processions, people, crowds, buildings, uniforms, soldiers, horses, parades, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Blackpool; Lancashire; England

Added: 2011-01-08

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s House Warwick and Leamington (1920)

“The way to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘nest of a place’ is up the shady Holly Walk, which leads immediately out of the Royal Parade, [...] by the imposing Renaissance Town Hall and the attractive life-siz [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, trees, gardens, dickens

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-05-01

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