Items in England (results page 7)

7. Peak Castle, DerbyshireThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Plan of the Keep Peak Castle is more commonly known as Peveril Castle. See also Fig. 8. “Above the upper chamber was the roof, originally of steep pitch (see section, Fig. 9). but which may have been [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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90.—Dover Cliffs.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats in a storm, and with a barrel floating on a wave. “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-13

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91.—Roman Church in Dover CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Close by the pharos are the ruins of an ancient church (Fig. 89). This church, which was in the form of a cross, was unquestionably constructed of Roman materials, if it was not of Roman work. The til [...]

Keywords: ruins, churches, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2010-09-09

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92.—Kirby HallEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

92. – The Porch and Hall Windows.
As seen through the central arch of the loggia.

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, arches, ruins, clouds, colour

Places shown: Corby; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2003-11-27

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98.—Plan of Richborough.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A (rather minimal) plan of Richborough castle, an ancient Roman fort on the south-east coast of England, dating to maybe A.D. 43. There is also an amphitheatre at the site. Richborough was the first [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, ruins, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2010-11-17

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99.—Richborough. General View, from the East.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Giant and ancient ruined stone walls on a sharp rise dwarf a small cottage. It is not a lofty castle of the middle ages, such as we sometimes look upon, with tower and bastion crumbling into picturesq [...]

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-05-22

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Doorway, Royton Lenham, KentArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Royton Manor had a mediaeval chapel at one time, which may be where the door was, or it might have been the entrance to the main house, which later became a farmhouse. Parts of the manor were taken to [...]

Keywords: doorways, doors, entrances, medieval architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Royton Manor; Lenham; Kent; England

Added: 2025-10-23

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1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson”British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Among the outstanding features of British Railway operation of to-day is the development of the long distance non-stop run. This has been made possible by water-troughs, enabling an engine to replenis [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, trains, shap, colour

Places shown: Shap; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-02-09

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The Map of BedfordshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public-domain map of Bedfordshire from 1783. Places marked on the map include: Ampthill, Aspely Guise [Aspley Guise], Astwood, Battledon, Bedford, Berkford, Bigleswade [Biggleswade], Biscot, Bletnes [...]

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2005-08-21

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View From City WallsRed Book Of York (1901)

A view of the mighty cathedral, York Minster, seen from the ancient city walls of York in this old photograh. Notice the blurred person crossing the street: the film wasn’t very sensitive, and a smal [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, cathedrals, walls, people, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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View from City Walls (background version)Red Book Of York (1901)

A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a widescreen version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, views, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)Red Book Of York (1901)

A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a 1600x1200 (4:3) version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, buildings, people, views, street scenes, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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Gable End, Shrewsbury.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...]

Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-27

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Chatsworth, DerbyshireThe People’s Gallery of Engravings (1844)

The engraving, based on a picture by Thomas Allom, shows in the foreground deer and people on horseback under large tree, but the view is dominated by the massiveness of the house itself. It is still [...]

Keywords: houses, palaces, stately homes, architecture, exteriors, deer, trees, hunting, peope, parks, greyscale

Places shown: Chatsworth; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2018-03-20

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100.—North Wall of Richborough.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A man hunts with rifle and dog beside the overgrown Roman walls of Richborough in Southern England. See Fig. 99 for the extract from the book.

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, people, dogs, hunting, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-06-12

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101.—Plan of the Platform and Cross, RichboroughOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This appears to be a side view, or elevation, rather than a plan, of the platform and cross-shaped mound at the Roman fort of Richborough. See Fig. 98 for more details.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-03-21

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103.—Ruins of the Ancient Church of Reculver.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Roman remains still existing at Reculver are less interesting than those at Richborough, chiefly because they are of less magnitude and are more dilapidated. Very close to the ruins of the ancient [...]

Keywords: ruins, churches, anglosaxon remains, buildings, towers, spires, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Reculver; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-28

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104.—Plan of Porchester Castle, Hants.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] the fact is certain that in several of the undoubted Roman castles, or camps, is a small building of cruciform shape, placed not far from the centre of the enclosure. At Porchester (Fig. 104) an [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, roman remains, ruins, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Porchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2011-06-05

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105.—General View of the Ruin of Pevensey Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anderida, the sea-fort of Sussex, is held by some to be Hastings, by others to be East Bourn. It is not our purpose to enter upon any controversial discussion of such matters; but it appears to us [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, roman remains, norman architecture, trees, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-22

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106.—Plan of Pevensey Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

On the north side was a few years since a fragment of a supposed Saxon keep, held to be an addition to the original Roman Castrum (Fig. 109). But the most important and interesting adaptation to anoth [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-24

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