Items in or near Gloucestershire (results page 5)

Farley Castle Youth’s Instruction (1830)

“The venerable remains of Farley Castle, the renowned baronial residence of the Hungerfords, is situated about six miles south-east from bath, in the county of Somerset. It is supposed to derive its n [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, entrances, walls, animals, trees, ruins, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Farley; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-07-16

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Guy’s Cliffe. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A strikingly beautiful manor house, with the moat in the foreground; today it lies in ruins. There are several other pictures of the same site; see the Location link. I have included a 1680x1050 pix [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, exteriors, parks, buildings, colour, water, trees, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-06-16

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Magdalen Cloisters Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations ofOxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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Snowshill Cotswold Country (1939)

The caption mentions that there was not enough money to finish the church tower, and so it was capped with grey slate.Today Snowshill is known for the manor-house, which is now run by the National Tru [...]

Keywords: old photographs, churches, views, colour

Places shown: Snowshill; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-12-16

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High Street Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

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67. Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset. The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Windows (late 15th century).I couldn’t find anything much about the stately home and priest house that I suspect is pictured here. If you want to visit, there is a localplace to stay.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, entrances, colour

Places shown: Brympton D’Evercy; Somerset; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-14

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Magdalen College From the Cherwell Oxford (1910)

Magdalen 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 fairest sight in Oxford.[p. 9]

Keywords: towers, water, bridges, churches, colour, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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819.—Bridge at Evesham. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“ “About two miles and a half from Evesham is an elevated point near the village of Twyford, where the Alcester Road is crossed by another track. The [River] Avon is not more than a mile distant on e [...]

Keywords: bridges, water, people, churches, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Evesham; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-02-13

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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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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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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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929.—North West View of Salisbury Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The bishopric of Salisbury was created by the union of the sets of Wilton and Sherbourne, which was done by order of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1075. [...] The ceremony of laying the found [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, buildings, towers, spires, windows, gothic architecture, people, arches, roofs, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2011-06-11

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931.—Chapter House, Salisbury. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The chapter-house is 58 feet in diameter, internally, and 52 feet high to the vaulting. (p. 258) [...]The chapter-house (Fig. 931) is an interesting building. Internally it is very beautiful and high [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, windows, churches, religion, gothic architecture, arches, gothic arches, tracery, vaulting, vaulted ceilings, columns, mullions, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2018-10-18

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934.—Gable Crosses. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Crosses from the gables at the ends of the roof of Salisbury Cathedral.There are three crosses in the picture, so I have marked it as being for Christmas, or for Epiphany or even Easter perhaps, becau [...]

Keywords: crosses, stonework, gothic architecture, carving, christmas, xmas, easter, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2012-12-01

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94.—The Norman Tower The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

The Norman Tower at Windsor Castle.

Keywords: castles, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-05-21

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94.—The norm Tower (Wallpaper remix) The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A hand-coloured version ofThe Norman Towercropped for use as a desktop background or wallpaper.

Keywords: castles, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, towers

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-05-21

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The Long Walk The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

“There remains to stroll in the famous Great Park, with its magnificent avenue of the Long Walk, three miles in length, flanked by its double lines of glorious elms, and terminating in the height of S [...]

Keywords: trees, parks, roads, castles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-09-09

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Oriel Street. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

S. Paterson signed the engraving.

Keywords: colleges, streets, churches, people, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-03

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