Items in or near England (results page 4)

Map of the New Forest and Adjacent Country Laws and History of the New Forest (1811)

Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...]

Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Rumwood Court [screen background version] Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A version ofRumwood Courtscaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’.

Keywords: colour, backgrounds, houses, flowers, gardens, manors, wallpaper

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Rumwood Court Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922].Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’sfor sale.Si [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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20.—Varieties of Druid Barrow Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The caption (retained in the image) reads as follows:

4, 10, 11. Varieties of Druid Barrow. 5. Another variety. 7. Twin-barrow. 12. Tumulus called Mil-barrow, Wilts. 14. Tumulus, New Grange, Drogheda.

Keywords: druids, stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, diagrams, views, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-05-01

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21.—Four Tumuli at Barlow Hills, Essex Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(17) Four tumuli at Barlow Hills, Essex; (18) Gallery of the largest.Presumably the plate was made for another publication, since this is marked as figure 21 and not 17 or 18.This is said to be the la [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, diagrams, burial mounds, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Bartlow; Essex; England

Added: 2005-07-24

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23.—Remains of Old Sarum Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Across the plain [Salisbury plain], at a distance [from Stonehenge] not exceeding twenty miles, was the great temple and Druidical settlement of Avebury. The town and hill-fort of Sarum was close at [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, hills, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Old Sarum; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-07-26

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24.—Contents of Ancient British Barrows Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The plate also has the following text:“1, 2. Flint Arrow-Heads.3,4. Celts[Note: Webster (1913) givesCelt, n. LL. celts a chisel. (Archaeol.)A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli [...]

Keywords: weapons, druids, burial mounds, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-08-02

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25.—General View of Abury Restored. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Avebury: stone circles within stone circles!

“The general view (Fig. 25) is a restoration formed upon the plan (Fig. 26).”

The costumes of the three black-robedr ‘druids’ are presumably fanciful.

Keywords: druids, people, temples, ruins, megaliths, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-08-13

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26.—Abury Plan and Section Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An 1840s plan of Avebury stone circle.“The plan exhibits this bank,e, with the ditchf: immediately within the ditch was a circle of stones, dotted on the plan. This circle is stated to have been compo [...]

Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, ruins, plans, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-08-13

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27.—Abury. Extended Plan. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A map covering a larger area than that of Fig. 26.“The general view (Fig. 25) is a restoration formed upon the plan (Fig. 26). Upon that plan there are two openings through the bank and ditch,aandb. T [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, druids, megaliths, temples, ruins, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-08-29

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28.—Abury. Bird’s eye view, from the South. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The bird’s-eye view (Fig. 28), exhibits the restoration of Abury and its neighbourhood somewhat more clearly. 1 is the circumvallated bank, 2 and 3 the inner temples, 4 the river Kennet, 5 and 6 the [...]

Keywords: views, megaliths, temples, druids, ruins, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-08-29

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3. Castle Hedingham, Essex The Growth of the English House (1909)

Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall.

Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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4. Castle Hedingham, Essex. The Growth of the English House (1909)

A window of the gallery in the hall.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, windows, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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31.—British Weapons of Bronze, in their earliest and improved state. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Various weapons (if such they be) dug up from burial mounds in the vicinity of Stonehenge, probably of bronze. See also Fig. 16.

Keywords: weapons, druids, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-29

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32.—Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An engraving of Silbury Hill, near Avebury; a man leads a team of horses pulling a hay wain, on top of which sits a boy. A man and woman walk alongside. In the background lies the great hill, and in [...]

Keywords: people, carts, trees, hills, views, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Silbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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33.—Carnbré Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth.“But there are many remarkable groups of i [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-09-05

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34.—Stones at Stanton Drew Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Stanton Drew stone circles lie on private land today, so you need permission to visit them [but see comments below]. The Great Circle is one of the largest megalithic stone circles in England. The dat [...]

Keywords: megaliths, druids, ruins, temples, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stanton Drew; Somersetshire; England

Added: 2005-09-05

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36.—Kit’s Coty House near Aylesford, Kent Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Kit’s Coty House is a neolithic chambered tomb. It is mentioned in Pepys’ diary, but has suffered damage since this plate was made.“We shall have presently to speak of the singular erection near Maids [...]

Keywords: tombs, druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-09-27

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37.—Kit’s Coty House. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Sheep graze by the neolithic burial tomb while two shepherds wait.“The high road from Rochester to Maidstone presents several of those rich and varied prospects which so often in England compensate th [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, tombs, people, sheep, animals, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-01

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38.—King’s Coty House Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Another picture of King’s Coty’s House; compare Fig. 37. There is also a picture of this in Francis Grose’sAntiquities.“Antiquaries have puzzled themselves about the name of this Kentish monument. Ki [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-02

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