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149x200, 1753x2349, 560x750, 877x1175 | Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...] Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England Added: 2020-10-15 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 1647x1314, 267x200, 800x600 | Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925) Canterbury Cathedral Church, pictured here under a rather dramatic and gloomy sky, burned down in 1174, and was rebuilt as shown here; the building work was finished in the year 1184. Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2010-05-22 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Map of the New Forest and Adjacent CountryLaws and History of the New Forest (1811) Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...] Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-07-13 + S K L R N |
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| 1040x746, 1387x995, 1849x1326, 279x200 | Rumwood CourtArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building. Since E. Arthur Rowe died more than 75 years ago, this imag [...] Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England Added: 2005-02-07 + S K L R N |
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1181x451, 524x200, 886x338 | 20.—Varieties of Druid BarrowOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The caption (retained in the image) reads as follows: 4, 10, 11. Varieties of Druid Barrow. 5. Another variety. 7. Twin-barrow. 12. Tumulus called Mil-barrow, Wilts. 14. Tumulus, New Grange, Drogheda. Keywords: druids, stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, diagrams, views, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-05-01 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 23.—Remains of Old SarumOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Across the plain [Salisbury plain], at a distance [from Stonehenge] not exceeding twenty miles, was the great temple and Druidical settlement of Avebury. The town and hill-fort of Sarum was close at [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, hills, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Old Sarum; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-07-26 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 24.—Contents of Ancient British BarrowsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The plate also has the following text: “1, 2. Flint Arrow-Heads. 3,4. Celts [Note: Webster (1913) gives Celt, n. LL. celts a chisel. (Archaeol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the t [...] Keywords: weapons, druids, burial mounds, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-02 + S K L R N |
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170x200, 1848x2178, 693x817, 924x1089 | 26.—Abury Plan and SectionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) An 1840s plan of Avebury stone circle. “The plan exhibits this bank, e, with the ditch f: immediately within the ditch was a circle of stones, dotted on the plan. This circle is stated to have been co [...] Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, ruins, plans, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-13 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1146x790, 290x200, 645x444, 860x593 | 27.—Abury. Extended Plan.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A map covering a larger area than that of Fig. 26. “The general view (Fig. 25) is a restoration formed upon the plan (Fig. 26). Upon that plan there are two openings through the bank and ditch, a and [...] Keywords: maps, plans, druids, megaliths, temples, ruins, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L R N |
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1140x382, 1710x573, 595x200, 641x215, 855x287 | 28.—Abury. Bird’s eye view, from the South.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “The bird’s-eye view (Fig. 28), exhibits the restoration of Abury and its neighbourhood somewhat more clearly. 1 is the circumvallated bank, 2 and 3 the inner temples, 4 the river Kennet, 5 and 6 the [...] Keywords: views, megaliths, temples, druids, ruins, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 114x200, 566x992, 755x1323 | 3. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909) Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall. Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England Added: 2004-08-19 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 32.—Silbury Hill, in WiltshireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) An engraving of Silbury Hill, near Avebury; a man leads a team of horses pulling a hay wain, on top of which sits a boy. A man and woman walk alongside. In the background lies the great hill, and in [...] Keywords: people, carts, trees, hills, views, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Silbury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-09-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 33.—Carnbré CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth. “But there are many remarkable groups of [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England Added: 2005-09-05 + S K L R N |
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![Rumwood Court [screen background version]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Holme-ArtInEngland/pages/002-Rumwood-court-bg/002-Rumwood-court-bg-q58-267x200.jpg "Rumwood Court [screen background version] 1908")
