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Hinchinbrook House, Huntingdon
The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here in 1564 by the owner and original builder, Henry, grandson of one Morgan Williams of Glamorganshire, wife to the sister of Oliver Comwell. The house was sold in [...]
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houses, mansions, buildings, stately homes, battlements, tudor architecture, mullions, windows, towers, people, hunting, dogs, animals, greyscale
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Hinchinbrooke; Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire; England
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Guy’s Cliffe, Warwick
Warwick and Leamington (1920)
“The Coventry road to Guy’s Cliffe is a royal and a literary road. Kings, queens, princes, poets, painters and authors have trodden it; also that luckless King’s favourite, Piers Gaveston, whose come [...]
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manors, castles, water, trees, colour
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Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England
Added: 2004-10-12
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King John Sealing Magna Charta
The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)
King John sits on a throne under a huge canopy and raised up on a daïs, a large scroll in front of him which is presumably the original copy of the Magna Carta itself. He is about to press a seal into [...]
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magna carta, royalty, costumes, thrones, people, kings, bishops, ceremony, greyscale
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Ankerwick; Buckinghamshire; England
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Magdalan Bridge and Tower
Oxford (1910)
Magdalan Tower, rising 150 feet in exquisite proportion, and standing just where the Cherwell is spanned by the well-known bridge, is in the opinion of many the fariest sight in Oxford.[p. 9]
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bridges, towers, churches, water, boats, flowers, colour, colleges
Places shown:
Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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The Leam at Leamington
Warwick and Leamington (1920)
“For from leafy Leamington every old, historic, and romantic spot in the whole of Shakeslpeare’s classic land can be visited and inspected in a day’s ride in carriage, coach, or motor car.” (p. 32)
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rivers, water, churches, towers, trees, boats, people, colour
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Leamington; Warwickshire; England
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Whittington Castle, Shropshire (wallpaper version)
In Unfamiliar England (1910)
This is a version ofWhittington Castleresized and cropped so it fits on most computer desktops.
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castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
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Oswestry; Shropshire; England
Added: 2005-10-23
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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 Trusthopes to conserve the castle.All the book says is [...]
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castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, greyscale
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Oswestry; Shropshire; England
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Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648
Desiderata (1779)
It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]
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violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale
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Etton; Northamptonshire; England
Added: 2006-08-18
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Old Shop, corner of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane in 1799
London (Volume V) (1843)
The general character of shops in olden London was to have the wares exposed openly to the street, without any barrier of glass between the buyer and seller. Wherever our old topographers and chronicl [...]
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buildings, shops, architecture, windows, people, old-fashioned, xmas, greyscale
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London; England
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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 [...]
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megaliths, druids, temples, people, churches, ruins, colour
Places shown:
Avebury; Wiltshire; England
Added: 2005-03-10
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Christ Church
Oxford (1910)
Now let us stroll on – ’tis but a step – to Christ Church. Sometimes it seems as though this should take precedence of all other colleges. Its chapel is Oxford’s Cathedral, its quadrangles are the f [...]
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towns, churches, towers, roads, people, colour, colleges
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Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
Added: 2003-03-11
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In the Jephson Gardens, Leamington
Warwick and Leamington (1920)
“Enter the Jephson Gardens now by this eastern end, and go right through to the Parade, and to the Pump Room and Gardens across the Parade. These handsoe Gardens take their title from the celebrated [...]
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colour, trees
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Leamington; Warwickshire; England
Added: 2005-01-09
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The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton
Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)
Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on w [...]
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soldiers, weapons, guns, cannons, street scenes, bare feet, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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England
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Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda
Oxford (1910)
... the great dome of the Radcliffe Camera rose up in the space between All Souls and brasenose colleges, and was thenceforth the first object to take the eye of one who looks on Oxford lying glorious [...]
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churches, lawns, tudor, flowerboxes, colour, colleges
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Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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Plan of Oxford from circa 1900
Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)
Overview map of Oxford from 1900 or so, showing the River Thames of Isis, giving the names of almost all the streets, marking the colleges of Oxford University, the railway and other items.
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maps, plans, cities, colleges, greyscale
Places shown:
Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
Added: 2005-07-19
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Opening of a New Promenade and Drinking-Fountain at Blackpool, Lancashire
Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)
The engraving shows soldiers, a marching band, flags and banners, triumphal arches and crowds, with the Clifton Arms Hotel in the background. The Clifton Arms Hotel was being rebuilt, and here I thin [...]
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processions, people, crowds, buildings, uniforms, soldiers, horses, parades, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
Places shown:
Blackpool; Lancashire; England
Added: 2011-01-08
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