Items in or near England (results page 19)

Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall. The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-04-23

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821.—Edward I. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

King Edward I (“Longshanks”) of England lived from 1239 – 1307. He was crowned in 1272 but was away on Crusade and did not rule until 1274.He is shown here riding a horse and wearing a full suit of a [...]

Keywords: royalty, knights, horses, weapons, swords, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-02

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822.—View of Kenilworth Castle from the Gate-House. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

sheep graze in the foreground; a group of ladies in bonnets and gowns admire the view; the towers of the ruined castle stand topped with trees. This is a very romanticised view: there is a lot more of [...]

Keywords: views, animals, people, castles, ruins, towers, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-03-05

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823.—Great Hall, Kenilworth Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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Keywords: castles, ruins, people, windows, trees, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-02-17

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824.—Queen Eleanor.—From fer Tomb in Westminster Abbey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

If it be true, as one of our poets remarks, that (we quote from memory)“It is the heart which glorifies this life,”then was there a glory shining about that of the king of Castile’s daughter, Edward’s [...]

Keywords: royalty, crowns, people, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-17

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825.—Waltham Cross Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

On the death of Eleanor, wife of King Edward I:“A long and melancholy journey the mourning king made with [her remains] to the chapel of King Edward the Confessor; and the nation, to whom Eleanor had [...]

Keywords: crosses, statuary, monuments, greyscale

Places shown: Waltham Cross; Hertfordshire; England

Added: 2007-11-14

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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s School The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.

King’s School, Chester, Web site

Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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841.—Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland Old 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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Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s Street The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2010-08-12

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Christchurch College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford
From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges, colour

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Whitley Court Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Witley Court was badly damaged by a fire in 1937, some 60 years after this picture was made. The description in the book tries hard, i think, to hide the writer’s disdain for the self-made.WHITLEY COU [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, victorian excess, opunlence, columns, houses, parks, colour

Places shown: Witley Court; Great Witley; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2020-11-01

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86.—Pevensey Castle Sussex Painted (1906)

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions calledRapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be th [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, trees, water, towers, colour

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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Berkeley Castle In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“There are few English castles where the spirit of medievalism lingers as at Berkeley and few that have darker deeds recorded in their long annals of crime. [...] The castle, grim, many-towered, ivy-c [...]

Keywords: castles, overgrown, towers, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Berkeley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2007-09-18

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The Chapel of St. Pancras in St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

The ruins of this little oratory stand near the south-easternmost part of the Abbey-close. It is commonly supposed to be of great antiquity, but this opinion is controverted by Somner, who gives very [...]

Keywords: ruins, chapels, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2009-04-07

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874.—Ancient Gate of Coventry Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is the Cook Street gate in Coventry.The original gate was started in 1329, but not finished until the City of Coventry was granted a licence to crennelate in 1363 (this licence gives the holder t [...]

Keywords: towers, gates, buildings, stone, battlements towers, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Coventry; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2021-01-12

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Clovelly, From the Hobby Walk Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The viewer is looking down a steeply-descending path through a seaside village towards the sea. There are slate rooves and some laundry over a fence.I tried to follow Hobby Drive down the hill using [...]

Keywords: views, villages, water, hills, water, roofs, rooftops, boats, chimneys, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Clovelly; Devon; England

Added: 2021-07-09

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Niches at Oriel Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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914.—Strand Gate, Winchelsea Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Built in the late 13th Century. It still has a road running through the arch today.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, arches, colour

Places shown: Winchelsea; Sussex; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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92. Horham Hall The Growth of the English House (1909)

92. Plan of Horham Hall, Essex

See also Fig. 93

Keywords: plans, maps, manors, colour

Places shown: Horham; Essex; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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