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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Much Wenlock Abbey (Wenlock Priory)The Story of Some English Shires (1897) A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...] Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Wenlock Priory; Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England Added: 2007-01-18 + S K L R N |
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| 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 1672.—Hulme Hall, Lancashire.—Front View.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Hulme Hall, Lancashire (Fig. 1672), may be looked on as a fair specimen of the very numerous timber-houses that form so conspicuous a class in the domestic architecture of Elizabeth’s time. And most [...] Keywords: buildings, architecture, tudor houses, towers, houses, people, horses, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Newton Heath; Lancashire; England Added: 2011-01-07 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1000x703, 1024x768, 1280x960, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 285x200, 750x527, 800x600 | 173.—The South Front.English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922) Benthall Hall, North Shropshire. There were de Benthalls in 1120, and when, two centuries later, a Burnell of Acton Burnell marred their heiress he took her name as well as her property. Their descend [...] Keywords: manors, windows, tudor architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Benthall; Shropshire; England Added: 2008-02-29 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1079x720, 1439x960, 1918x1280, 299x200, 809x540 | Methley Hall, YorkshireAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915) This building was demolished in 1963, and there is nothing left of it. I find no mention of this Hall in the book, unfortunately. Methley Hall was the country house of the Savile family, Earls of Mex [...] Keywords: manors, animals, sheep, trees, greyscale Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-04-03 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Whittington Castle, Shropshire (wallpaper version)In Unfamiliar England (1910) This is a version of Whittington Castle resized and cropped so it fits on most computer desktops. Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England Added: 2005-10-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1200x840, 1600x1120, 286x200, 900x630 | Whittington Castle, Shropshire.In Unfamiliar England (1910) There was a castle here over a thousand years ago, but the current buildings probably date from the 1200s and later. Whitting Castle Preservation Trust hopes to conserve the castle. All the book says [...] Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, greyscale Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England Added: 2005-10-24 + S K L R N |
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1200x761, 1920x1200, 315x200, 900x571 | 42.—Denbigh Castle, DenbighshireHistory of Wales (1853) The book does not discuss Denbigh Castle at all as far as I can tell. The castle was started in the 1280s by Edward I; like so many castles in Britain it was demolished as part of the English Civil Wa [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, people, towers, arches, trees, animals, cattle, greyscale Places shown: Denbigh; Denbighshire; Wales Added: 2006-09-21 + S K L R N |
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1001x632, 1425x900, 1900x1200, 316x200 | Plate 63.—Flint CastleHistory of Wales (1853) Drawn by H. Gastineau; engraved by S. Lacey.
Sadly, there’s quite a bit less of the castle left today. It was started in 1277 by King Edward I. Flint is spelled “Y Fflint” in Welsh. Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, water, people, boats, colour Places shown: Flint; Flintshire; Wales Added: 2003-10-26 + S K L R N |
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