Items in or near Cheshire (results page 2)

Eaton Hall.—Duke of Westminster Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The picture shows a man and a woman, the woman with a long crinoline domed skirt (shaped like a dalek), the man with a cane pointing at a small dog; they are walking on a smooth lawn with an insanely [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, gothic architecture, colour, people, spires, windows, grass, sky

Places shown: Eaton; Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2021-02-15

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Holy Trinity, York Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

See353-Alms-Box,-Skipwithfor more details

Keywords: churches, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-04-23

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Alms Box, Skipwith Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

Leaves from a Sketch-Book. YORK. The Engravings on this page are drawn from various sketches made some time ago in York and its neighbourhood. As their name implies, they are not intended to represen [...]

Keywords: boxes, churches, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Skipwith; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-04-19

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Micklegate Bar Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

“The gates, of which several remain in perfect preservation, and one of which, called the Micklegate Bar, forms the subject of our Engraving, are singularly imposing. The view is taken from the inside [...]

Keywords: battlements, castles, stairs, walls, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-07-01

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Door, Skipworth Church Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

SeeAlms Box, Skipwithfor the caption.I [Liam] would guess that the arch over the door is Norman, and hence from about A.D. 1070 – 1150, judging by the smooth curve with no point and by the zig-zags. [...]

Keywords: doors, entrances, greyscale

Places shown: Skipwith; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-04-19

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Doorway, York Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

SeeAlms Box, Skipwithfor the caption.The engraving shows an ancient arched doorway, with a wooden paneled door standing closed. The doorway is carved, and above it is an heraldic coat of arms. The l [...]

Keywords: heraldry, entrances, doors, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-04-19

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Screen in Selby Church Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

“The Abbey of Selbey was founded by William the Conqueror, who richly endowed it, according to some because it was the place where Matilda of Flanders gave birth to Henry Beauclerc, while others state [...]

Keywords: arches, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Selby; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-07-30

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369.—The West End Of The Hall. English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Kildwick Hall is a Grade II* listed Jacobean country house, and the Hall is still (Nov. 2005) very much as pictured here.“Kildwick Hall lies in the same moorland district of Yorkshire that the Brontë [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, interiors, ceilings, fireplaces, greyscale

Places shown: Kildwick; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-11-09

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The New or Water Tower, Chester The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Published Nov^r. 7, 1783, by S. Hooper.Sparrow sculp.. The battlements were added in the 1640s during the Civil War, when Chester was besieged. There’s more about this atbwpics.co.uk.

Keywords: castles, walls, clouds, colour

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2003-03-17

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Remains of Valle Crucis Abbey The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“It was exactly in the year 1200 that Madoc, Lord of Bromfield, at the time when Prince Llewellyn was contending with King John, founded this monastic house in a deep hollow, already called the Valley [...]

Keywords: churches, ruins, abbeys, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Llangollen; Denbigh; Wales

Added: 2005-07-12

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The Manor House, Austerfield Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Where Governor William Bradford was born.The picture is markedBy permission of E. L. Scrivenswhom I take to be the occupant portrayed.William Bradford (born 1588) was the second governor of Plymouth P [...]

Keywords: buildings, people, houses, pilgrim fathers, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-30

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421.—Ludlow Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Ludlow was the capital of Wales in the 16th Century, and this 12th Century (or earlier) castle was the centre for administration. Today it is in ruins, having declined since the engraving was made, b [...]

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

Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Clifford’s Tower is the site of a 12th century massacre of 100 or so Jews probably as a result of the anti-semitic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the circular structure on the left of th [...]

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

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-07-14

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Austerfield Church Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“Austerfield is a typical north country village. Less picturesque than such midland and southern hamlets as Brington, Ecton and Penshurst, these northern villages, with their steep-roofed, narrow-gabl [...]

Keywords: churches, graveyards, gravestones, churchyards, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-19

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The Cathedral of York Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

Better known today as York Minster. The cathedral church of St. Peter was founded in the 7th century; the present building was begun in 1172, but took 300 years to complete.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-21

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The Minster, North Side Red Book Of York (1901)

York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220.One thing every visitor to the city of York will surely notice is that the Minster s [...]

Keywords: churches, trees, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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Nether Alderly, Cheshire Old English Country Cottages (1906)

“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...]

Keywords: cottages, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Nether Alderley; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-03-23

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Wentworth Woodhouse. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

WENTWORTH HOUSENear Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam.Thisgrand seat of one of our greatest English families, is most beautifully situated in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, four miles from “Fair R [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Rotherham; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2013-12-31

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700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

These days it’s open to the public from March to October.“Byland Abbey (Fig. 701 [and 700]) needs but few words. It was founded in 1117 by Roger de Mowbray, the nobleman whose estates were sequestrate [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2000-04-02

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Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park, The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

bwpicshas a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century.“[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norman [...]

Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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