Items in or near Berkshire (results page 4)

IV.—Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad StreetThe Charm of Oxford (1920)

“THE BROAD STREET The east side of the University buildings proper was shown in the last picture (Plate IV [sic]); in the present one the north side of the same block is seen. The old University “scho [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, buildings, streets, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-03-13

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Bibury, Arlington RowCotswold Country (1939)

A black and white photograph (printed on yellow paper to give an antique picturesque feeling) of a building, a row of cottages with dormer windows and smoking chimneys, nestling unevenly next to a riv [...]

Keywords: old photographs, views, cottages, rivers, water, twee, medieval architecture, buildings, roofs, colour

Places shown: Bibury; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2026-02-15

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Great Tangley Manor, Surrey.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A half-timbered Elizabethan manor-house with tiled roof is here seen from the garden. Notice the cat sitting in the porch! The moated Manor House of Great Tangley, in West Surrey (facing page 24), tho [...]

Keywords: manors, colour, gardens, trees, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Wonersh; Surrey; England

Added: 2007-10-30

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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29.—Portchester Castle, in Hampshire.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

DESCRIPTION of PORTCHESTER-CASTLE, in Hampshire. This Castle which is about five miles from Portsmouth, takes its appellation from a village so called in which it is situate, formerly a confiderable t [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, battlements, bridges, people, greyscale

Places shown: Portchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2015-08-26

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Plate 3. Chipping Campden Church and AlmshousesCotswold Country (1939)

Chipping Campden, Church and Almshouses

Chipping Campden was the home of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and craft movement in 19th century England.

Keywords: old photographs, villages, churches, buildings, streets, colour

Places shown: Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-08-28

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Bocardo, North SideOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The Bocardo, the mediaeval prison in Oxford, shown from the North side; the engraving is signed “S. R.” The tower here is St. Michael’s church. “Of Bocardo no trace remains, but St. Michael’s is likel [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, arches, streets, people, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-17

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311.—Avebury Manor, WiltshireEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Avebury Manor, Wiltshire.

Church, Stable and House

The church predates 1275 but the main part of the house probably dates from the 1560s. The south porch bears the date 1601, however.

Keywords: manors, churches, trees, sundials, creeper, windows, stately homes, topiary, colour

Places shown: Avebury Manor; Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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312.—Avebury Manor, WiltshireEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

The Ancient Cut Box Tree on the South Lawn

Keywords: manors, trees, entrances, creeper, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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Isis and Oxford CanalOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

In the foreground a man wearing a hat and carrying a bag or box stands at a canal lock; another walks along the towpath. On the river we see someone punting a bot, and a couple of people fishing from [...]

Keywords: canals, sketches, views, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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VII.—Merton College: The Library InteriorThe Charm of Oxford (1920)

Merton is the oldest college in Oxford, founded in the 1270s, almost 750 years ago. This sketch gives us a glimpse inside the ancient library with its rows of books so inviting. Merton, as has been s [...]

Keywords: interiors, libraries, arches, ceilings, colleges, pictures of books, books, greyscale

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-30

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Haslemere, SurreyOld English Country Cottages (1906)

A young woman stands at the gate to an English cottage garden. She holds a child in her arms, and she wears a long dress and a somewhat soiled apron. The gate is set in a thick hedge, but we can see s [...]

Keywords: cottages, people, flowers, colour

Places shown: Haslemere; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-09

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Chiddingfold, Surry (hand-coloured version)Contributed Images (2004)

A hand-coloured version of Chiddingford; the original picture was by Sidney Jones in 1906; Liam Quin did the colouring, rather hastily.

Keywords: cottages, colour

Places shown: Chiddingfold; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-24

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Chiddingfold, SurreyOld English Country Cottages (1906)

A cottage in Chiddingfold, Surrey (in the South of England), showing the use of tile to cover the upper storey’s walls and the chimney. It is signed by Sidney Jones and dated 1906. Hand-coloured vers [...]

Keywords: cottages, greyscale

Places shown: Chiddingfold; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-24

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Guildford Castle, SurreyOld English Country Cottages (1906)

the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey One of the features of the Surrey cottage, indeed of all those counties where tile was the principal roofing material, is the skill with which the tiling is ad [...]

Keywords: castles, street scenes, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Guildford; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-19

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Donnington CastleCastles (1926)

The Gate HouseThe gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor. There is also a plan of Donnington; use the Locatio [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, ruins, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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389.—Ruins of reading Abbey in 1721.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I; it became very wealthy, no doubt in part because of the corruption that was endemic to the Roman Catholic Church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteri [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, people, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-05-22

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Steep, HampshireOld English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale. An English house wth a steep tiled roof, probably originally thatched, and with stone mullioned windows. Topiary and careful landscaping give a well-kept [...]

Keywords: houses, cottages, roofs, gardens, chimneys, dormer windows, windows, topiary, colour

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-22

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396.—Tower of Oxford CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There are more pictures of Oxford by Lang and also Haslehust.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-20

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397.—Oxford CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Oxford Castle, as it appeared in the Fifteenth Century.

Keywords: castles, towers, people, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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