Items in or near Dorset (results page 4)

Winchester College Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Chamber Court, Winchester College.(From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon)Winchester College Web SiteI found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in 1889; in [...]

Keywords: gothic, towers, churches, windows, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Chained Library in Wimborne Minster. Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

A library room with glass display cabinets in the middle of walls lined with shelves of chained books.“In a room of the eastern tower of Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, is an important collection of ch [...]

Keywords: old books, pictures of books, books, libraries, greyscale

Places shown: Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-02-06

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Lustleigh, Devonshire. Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From an oil-painting by Grosvenor.“Of these cottages it can truly be said that they are growths of the soil, trimmed and clipped somewhat by man, but never enough that they can be described as “works [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, people, houses, thatched cottages, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Lustleigh; Teignbride; Devon; England

Added: 2005-09-29

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Romsey Abbey Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

“It is a perfect Norman church, with only the two east windows and the three western bays added by later hands (thirteenth century). The massive piers of the nave arches remind one of Durham, the loft [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, colour

Places shown: Romsey; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Staircase at Claverton, Somersetshire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(From Richardson’s ‘Elizabethan Architecture.’)This ornate portico leads to a hallway with a wide staircase climbing upward; there’s a carved animal, perhaps, on the newel post at the foot of the stai [...]

Keywords: staircases, steps, interiors, elizabethan architecture, entrances, doorways, arches, colums, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Claverton; Somerset; England

Added: 2018-06-06

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Netley Abbey Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

“The site of Netley Abbey indeed, like that of all the abbeys of the Cistercian Order, is choice, and was selected by the founders for various reasons. A spot remote from towns, quiet and peaceful, o [...]

Keywords: ruins, windows, arches, colour

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-03-22

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Old Chained Bible Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible atNorth Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church.(From a Ph [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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Wolvesey Castle Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Plan of XIIth Century Castle restored from recent explorations(From a Drawing by N. C. H. Nisbett, A.R.I.B.A.)Norman Clayton Hadlow Nisbett (1860 – 1918) was an architect who worked with Frederic Ric [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas, colour

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Wolvesey Castle Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

There appears to be a tennis court in the middle of this ruined castle!(From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon)I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Bramshill, Façade Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Originally pre-Norman, the present stately house was started at about 1605, and was designed by John Thorpe. It is now a police training centre. There is an 18th century story that thehouse is haunt [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Hartley Wintney; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Place House Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Originally there was an abbey here, founded in 1232. After the dissolution it went to Thomas Wriothesley, first Earl of Southampton, who mostly demolished it and built the house.

Keywords: manors, windows, chimneys, towers, spooky, colour

Places shown: Titchfield; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Corfe Village and Castle In Unfamiliar England (1910)

There has been a castle on this site for well over a thousand years. The buildings there now were started in the 11th century, but were slighted (made insignificant, or at least indefensible) after t [...]

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

Places shown: Corfe Castle; Wareham; Dorset; England

Added: 2006-10-31

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Druidical Temple, Avebury Youth’s Instruction (1830)

Engraved by Mc. Gahey.This engraving accompanied the December 1830 issue of theYouth’s Instructor and Guardian, the article being entitled Druidical Temple, Avebury(With an Engraving).“This once magni [...]

Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, people, churches, ruins, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-10

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Overview map of Dorset, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Dorset; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Overview map of Hampshire, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Overview map of Isle Of Wight, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237. The Isle of Wight is also known as the Isle of White, for obvious reasons.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Isle of Wight; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Plan of Minehead [1910] Lynton, Lynmouth, Exmoor, Minehead and the Land of Lorna Doone (1910)

A map of Minehead in 1910 or perhaps a little before. It shows the Great Western Railway Station and the Pier. Note that North is not at the top.1910 census for Mineheadlists residents by street, alth [...]

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Minehead; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-01-16

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Overview map of Somerset, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Somerset; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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Antique Map of Dorsetshire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Dorsetshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Dorset; England

Added: 2008-10-05

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