Items in or near Gloucestershire (results page 3)

II.—Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary’s Spire The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“Nowhere, except at Cambridge, can the series of architectural works be paralleles, and at both universities, the charm of their ancient buildings is enhanced by their beautiful setting in college gar [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, greyscale

Places shown: Brasenose College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-01-14

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Reading Abbey (Background 1) The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper).

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Reading Abbey (Background 2) The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made darker and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Reading Abbey (Background 3) The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made lighter and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Reading Abbey (Coloured version) The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and then coloured (by Liam Quin).

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Reading Abbey (Background 4) The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made lighter and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Reading Abbey, Plate 1 The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Publish’d the 24th of May 1784 by S. Hooper.The abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I of England, who was buried here.The abbey was closed at the Reformation, and used as a private home for a time [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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Wilton House Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire.WILTON HOUSE,WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY.Wilton Houseis an imposing [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Wilton; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2007-02-10

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Reading Abbey, Berkshire. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Engraving dated 1773. The paper is slightly buckled, sorry.

There is alsoanother image of Reading Abbey.

There is anewer scanof this engraving.

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, colour

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 1999-10-28

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Reading Abbey Plate 2 The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

“This plateshewsthe south view of the remains of this once magnificent abbey, majestic even in its ruins!” (p. 17)The engraving is signed:Jan 24 1773 Godfrey Sc.I scanned this once before: theolder sc [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, people, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-11-15

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III.—View in Radcliffe Square The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“The visitor to Oxford often asks—“Where is the University?” The proper answer is: “The University is everywhere,” for the colleges are all parts of it. But if a distinction must be made, and some b [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, buildings, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-01-31

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150.—Daneway House, Gloucestershire. English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 150 - The Entry

probably early 15th century in origin.

Keywords: interiors, manors, arches, doors, chairs, corridors, steps, colour

Places shown: Bisley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Folly Bridge Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was, [...]

Keywords: water, bridges, people, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-10-04

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Oxford Castle Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines.There are otherpictures of Oxford Castle.“With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress of W [...]

Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-09

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IV.—Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“THE BROAD STREETThe east side of the University buildings proper was shown in the last picture (Plate IV[sic]); in the present one the north side of the same block is seen. The old University “school [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, buildings, streets, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-03-13

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Plate 3. Chipping Campden Church and Almshouses Cotswold Country (1939)

Chipping Campden, Church and Almshouses

Chipping Campden was the home of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and craft movement in 19th century England.

Keywords: old photographs, villages, churches, buildings, streets, colour

Places shown: Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-08-28

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Bocardo, North Side Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The Bocardo, the mediaeval prison in Oxford, shown from the North side; the engraving is signed “S. R.”The tower here is St. Michael’s church.“Of Bocardo no trace remains, but St. Michael’s is likely [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, arches, streets, people, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-17

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311.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Church, Stable and House

The church predates 1275 but the main part of the house probably dates from the 1560s. The south porch bears the date 1601, however.

Keywords: manors, churches, trees, sundials, creeper, windows, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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312.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

The Ancient Cut Box Tree on the South Lawn

Keywords: manors, trees, entrances, creeper, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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