Items in England (results page 40)

York Minster, From the South WestThe British Isles (1905)

Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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ClevedonThe 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, Clevedon alone may be in [...]

Keywords: views, water, greyscale

Places shown: Clevedon; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Plan of YorkThe 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 WallsThe 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 AbbeyThe 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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Westminster HallThe British Isles (1905)

“Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars. Innumerable are its historic [...]

Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-05-18

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King’s College, CambridgeThe British Isles (1905)

A watercolour painting of King’s College, by J. Fulleylove, R.I.

Keywords: cambridge university, renaissance architecture, medieval architecture, paintings, people, spires, colour

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2025-11-03

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Maps of Birmingham and Environs circa 1900The British Isles (1905)

Birmingham city centre was largely destroyed by heavy bombing in the Second World War, and has both suffered through and benefited from extensive reconstruction since. This map was published in 1905 a [...]

Keywords: maps, diagrams, greyscale

Places shown: Birmingham; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2025-11-02

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[p.242] The Bloody TowerLondon (Volume II) (1841)

The portcullis stands open, and some soldiers with spears and shields are about to enter. From the crosses on their shields (the symbol of death) they are probably crusaders.

Keywords: towers, castles, entrances, people, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2005-07-15

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Gate of St John’s Abbey, ColchesterThe British Isles (1905)

Built around the 1400s to help defend an Abbey that was even then some 300 years old, today the gate is open to the public.

English Heritage age for St John’s Abbey Gate

Keywords: castles, abbeys, gates, greyscale

Places shown: Colchester; Essex; England

Added: 2010-09-16

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High Street, ChelmsfordThe British Isles (1905)

The high street [US: main street] in Chelmsford, Essex, around 1900. There are people riding bicycles, carts and carriages drawn by horses, and a sign visible reading “Barnard Cabinet Maker Upholster [...]

Keywords: street scenes, old photographs, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chelmsford; Essex; England

Added: 2008-07-14

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