Items in or near Cumberland (results page 3)

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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Tyninghame on the TyneThe Leisure Hour (1904)

“Tyninghame on the Tyne (Residence of the Earl of Haddington) “The glory of Tyninghame is its gardens and trees. Since the days of the sixth Earl of Haddington, the Lords of Tyninghame, the charming [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Tyninghame; East Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-07-23

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45. Warkworth Castle, NorthumberlandThe Growth of the English House (1909)

The keep (cir. 1435 – 40) “Another interesting mixture of the ancient and the modern is to be seen at Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. This was a very old foundation retaining much early work in it [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Desktop Background VersionThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Version of Warwkworth Castle cropped, resized and hand-coloured by Liam Quin to make a computer background for your desktop (a wallpaper image). I thought this looked like a nice imposing mediaeval ca [...]

Keywords: castles, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland: Plan of the KeepThe Growth of the English House (1909)

1. Vestibule (leading from entrance in basement) 2. Hall. 3. Chapel. 4. Great Chamber. 5. Kitchens. 6. Pantry and buttery. “[...] It has cellars and a great hall, with buttery and kitchens at one end, [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Austerfield ChurchAncestral 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 Church of St. Giles from the LawnmarketEdinburgh (1912)

“The status of the Duke of Buccleuch shows immediately under the tower of the Cathedral, backed by the modernised west end of the building. Farther down the High Street, to the east, is the Tron Churc [...]

Keywords: churches, streets, cities, cathedrals, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-03

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The Cathedral of YorkTurrets 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 SideRed 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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The Sanctuary, National War Shrine, EdinburghIn Search of Scotland (1929)

The Shrine is the highest building in Edinburgh. It rises from virgin rock. Its walls spring from jagged ledges. In shape it is a sanctuary facing north with an east and west transept. [...] The ke [...]

Keywords: war memorials, shrines, interiors, arches, gothic architecture, stonework, masonry, columns, gates, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2014-08-22

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589.—Durham Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Durham Cathedral is a UNESCO world heritage site today. It was built in the 11th century and so is almost a thousand years old. But it still works. partial alterations, improvements, and some importan [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, interiors, pillars, churches, people, shadows, light, greyscale

Places shown: DurhamDurham; England

Added: 2012-08-17

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590.—Stone Chair in the Chapter House, Durham.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The interior [of Durham Cathedral] presents many objects of high interest—[such] as the sumptuous bishop’s throne (Fig. 602), the stone chair (Fig. 590), and above all, the common tomb of St. Cuthbert [...]

Keywords: furniture, carving, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: DurhamDurham; England

Added: 2014-03-16

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Scotland.Record of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

From “An overland journey to the Great Eghibition of 1851” By Richard Doyle. Published for the Brothers Dalziel by Messrs. Chapman & Hall. “We gave Doyle a commission to do a Panorama of an Overland [...]

Keywords: people, musical instruments, sports, bare feet, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2006-01-08

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John Knox’s House, High StreetEdinburgh (1912)

“To the left of the square stone water-conduit, which occupies the centre of the picture, is seen the west front of this picturesque structure, and still farther to the left a “fore-stair” of a buildi [...]

Keywords: colour, buildings, houses, people, streets

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-05-31

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Wentworth Woodhouse.Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

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

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 sequestrat [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2000-04-02

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Stirling CastleIn Search of Scotland (1929)

I paused on a hill and looked down on the plain of Stirling. It was early evening and the mists were rising. The rock on which the Castle stands was blue-black against the grey of the fields, the mig [...]

Keywords: castles, views, colour

Places shown: Stirling; Storling; Scotland

Added: 2008-08-02

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841.—Prudhoe Castle, NorthumberlandOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ruins date from the 12th Century; modern photographs indicate that it’s in slightly better shape than this picture suggests. Prudhoe is about 10 miles West of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, water, trees, entrances, bridges, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Prudhoe; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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The ShepherdReminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

The Shepherd, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. The shepherd here is an older man pictured outdoors wearing a traditional Scottish costume and leaning on his wooden crook. [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, costumes, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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Quadrangle of George Heriot’s HospitalEdinburgh (1912)

“The picture shows parts of the north and east sides of the Quadrangle. In the centre of the north side is the entrance doorway to the chapel, above which rises an oriel window combined with a half o [...]

Keywords: people, buildings, towers, windows, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-01

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