Items in England (results page 38)

Overview map of Wiltshire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-07-19

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Overview map of Worcestershire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Worcestershire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Overview map of Yorkshire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Yorkshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Stratton, Cornwall Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman]STRATTON.A very uncommon Normon Font, but so plain in design and execution as to render description almost unnecessary. The bowl is cup-shaped, with a single round mouldi [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, norman remains, fonts, colour

Places shown: Stratton; Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Little Billing, Northamptonshire. Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman]LITTLE BILLING.This jar-like and singular Font may be placed early in the Norman period; both irregular in shape and rude in workmanship, it is chiefly interesting for it [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, inscriptions, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Little Billing; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Chalk, Kent Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

This pleasing specimen of a plain Norman Font is cut in Purbeck Marble, but now white-washed. It is 2ft. 5½in. high; 1ft. 6½in. across the top; the bowl is 12in. deep, lined with lead, and with a wa [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Chalk; Kent; England

Added: 2013-01-23

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Strubby, Lincolnshire Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural period: Decorated]STRUBBY.The design of the bowl of this Font was not unfrequent in the fourteenth century; it is octagonal, and every side is enriched with Decorated tracery, differing [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Strubby; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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King’s Cliff, Northamptonshire Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Early English]KING’S CLIFFIs a strong and massive Early English Font. The bowl is cupshaped, and supported on an octagonal shaft of nearly equal dimensions. It is ornamented w [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: King’s Cliff; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Haynes School Charter from 1850 Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

Somehow i ended up with this manuscript, which authorized the founding of a Church school for the poor in Haynes, Bedfordshire, UK, in 1850. Probably this was the school that’s in the South-West cor [...]

Keywords: ephemera, paper, contracts, calligraphy, copperplate, script, writing, greyscale

Places shown: Haynes Chrch End; Haynes; Milton Keynes; bedfordshire; England

Added: 2021-06-27

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King Henry II whipped by the Pope’s Order Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

The text reads “K. Hen. 2. whipt by the Popes Order pa. 88”“henrythe Second our King, was much vexed by this Pope [Alexander III] for the death ofThomas Becket, whom the Pope made St.Thomasfor opposin [...]

Keywords: penance, punishments, religion, people, royalty, bare feet, woodcuts, cathedrals, interiors, monks, religion, christianity, grayscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-26

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The City of London Seen from the National Liberal Club The British Isles (1905)

From the Painting by charled W. Wyllie.This painting of the London cityscape uses pastel colours, light and perspective to convey distance and, at the same time, the greatness of the cathedral, with t [...]

Keywords: views, cityscapes, rivers, cathedrals, cities, bridges, colour

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2014-09-27

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Cricklade The British Isles (1905)

“To all intents and purposes it is atCrickladethat the Thames comes into existence, and to ninety-nine Thams enthusiasts out of a hundred Cricklade itself is a mere name.” (p. 118)

Keywords: rivers, trees, water, greyscale

Places shown: Cricklade; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-07-05

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Stocks at Stanton Harcourt The British Isles (1905)

“Stanton Harcourt still preserves the stocks in which petty offenders were held in ludicrous durance. (p. 120)”People were forced to sit with their ankles locked into the wooden holes so that their fe [...]

Keywords: punishments, stocks, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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Stocks at Stanton Harcourt (Sepia-Tinted Edition) The British Isles (1905)

A “sepia-tinted photograph” version ofThe Stocks at Stanton Harcourt.

Keywords: colour, punishments, stocks, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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On the Edge of Sherwood Forest The British Isles (1905)

From the Painting by John MacWhirter, R.A.John MacWhirter (1839 – 1911) was a Scottish painter. He showed great promise as a boy, and his work was shown at the Royal Academy of Art (entitling him to [...]

Keywords: colour, trees, views, forests, deer, animals

Places shown: Sherwood Forest; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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York Minster, From the South West The British Isles (1905)

Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Clevedon The British Isles (1905)

Many are the pleasant and busy towns and villages which look forth upon [the River Severn at the Bristol channel] in its salted and merged condition and know it not. Of these,Clevedonalone may be indi [...]

Keywords: views, water, greyscale

Places shown: Clevedon; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Plan of York The British Isles (1905)

Plan of the city of York, from approx. 1890

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-02

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York Minster from the Walls The British Isles (1905)

“It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...]

Keywords: cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-02

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Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster Abbey The British Isles (1905)

“Beyond the Confessor’s Chapel, and beyond the imposing Chantry of Henry V., is Henry VII.’s splendid chapel, in the Perlendicular style, with a richly decorated ceiling of fan tracery, and lined with [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-02

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