Items in or near Gloucestershire (results page 6)

New Oxford and the Hundred Clerks England (1898)

I couldn’t find reference to the uprising referred to in this image. The 100 clerks, or friars perhaps, appear to be praying.

Keywords: people, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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1026.—Tomb of the Boy Bishop, Salisbury Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“But there is one monument of quite a unique character—to a chorister, or boy-bishop. (Fig. 1026.) It was discovered in the prelacy of Bishop Duppa, under the seats near the pulpit, and is now placed [...]

Keywords: people, tombs, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-07

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105. Montacute House, Somerset (1580) The Growth of the English House (1909)

The two-storey screen between the wings is of earlier date (circa1520) and was brought from Clifton Maybank.This appears not to be the same as the nearby Montacute Castle, of which only earthworks rem [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Montacute; Somerset; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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108. Bay Window at Thornbury Castle, Gloucester. The Growth of the English House (1909)

“Besides the simple and dignified forms which were chiefly used, there were a few cases in which the plan was more complicated, and in which it took one shape on the ground floor and another on the fl [...]

Keywords: windows, colour

Places shown: Thornbury; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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Windsor Castle Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

This shot really brings out the size of the castle, the largest occupied castle in the world and still today a royal palace.

Keywords: castles, towers, trees, colour

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-20

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Suckley, Worcestershire. Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by E. A. Chadwick.

A brick cottage, with a half-timbered part. A girl kneels and another person, probably a child, seems to be talking with her. Lots of trees.

Keywords: cottages, houses, people, children, trees, colour, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Suckley; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-10-07

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The Gateway of St. John’s College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint.St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] o [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people, greyscale

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-08-29

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Plate 12.—Newport, Monmouthshire. History of Wales (1853)

Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey.

Newport City Council Homepage

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, chimneys, towns, castles, colour

Places shown: Newport; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-06

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The Beauchamp Chapel Warwick and Leamington (1920)

Tombs of the founder and Robert Dudley, Earl of LeicesterThis tomb is (or was) in St. Mary’s Church, also known as Warwick High Church. George Morley writes (p.15)From the choir the silent mover in ‘ [...]

Keywords: colour, tombs, churches, windows

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Pershore, Worcestershire Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a [painting] by Wilmot Pilsbury. A bucolic pastoral scene of half-timbered english country cottages, complete with a hay-rick and a cattle barn, and a string of washing.

Pershore travel site

Keywords: colour, cottages, houses, buildings

Places shown: Pershore; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-11-01

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Two Little Homes—Biddestone England Beautiful (1936)

This book was written by a rich American tourist visiting the UK, and sometimes his condescending attitude that America is the Best Country gets a little too much. But the photo is well done! A thatc [...]

Keywords: houses, thatched cottages, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Under the Beeches England Beautiful (1936)

A narrow English country lane passes beneath the shady canopy of trees. In the foreground is a dry stone wall.

I am guessing this is in Biddestone.

Keywords: trees, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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A Doorway Colloquy England Beautiful (1936)

A thatched cottage with an English country garden behind a stone wall, and a huge tree. If you look very closely there are two people standing in one of the doors (thanks to Martina Fuseli for pointin [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, thatched cottages, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Old Moat of Raglan England Beautiful (1936)

A romantic engraving of a ruined castle with towers and a moat.

See allpictures of Raglan Castle; it is also called Ragland Castle in some of the older books.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, moats, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-05-22

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Bookcase Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

In the Library, Hereford Cathedral“So far as we have been able to discover there are only three collections of books in England now attached to the shelves by chains, namely ‘The Chapter Library in He [...]

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books, libraries, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Hereford; Herefordshire; England

Added: 2005-06-01

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St John’s College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.External link toSt. John’s Collegewebsite.St John’s College was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White and named after St. John the Baptist (the patron saint of tailo [...]

Keywords: colleges, entrances, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-02-29

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1314.—Northleach church, Gloucestershire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Like many English churches, that at Northleach has been modified over the years. Although part of the aisle dates from the 12th century, most of the church is from the 14th and 15th centuries.[the ch [...]

Keywords: churches, windows, towers, gravestones, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Northleach; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2005-07-30

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Town Cross, Stocks and Whipping-Post, Ripple In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“Near the cross, relics of days when there were rogues in Ripple—sureley there are none now—are the oaken stocks and weather-beaten whipping-post.” (p. 132)Stocks were sometimes used to hold people be [...]

Keywords: punishments, stocks, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Ripple; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-06-16

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XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version) The Charm of Oxford (1920)

A black and white picture of the drawing of the interior of Wadham College, Oxford; there is also acolourversion; the original is actually printed in black but on yellowish paper with a dark purple ma [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, interiors, beams, mediaeval architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Wadham College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-26

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XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior The Charm of Oxford (1920)

Wadham is less altered than any other college in Oxford.It is the finest illustration of the fact that the Gothic style survived in Oxford when it was being rapidly superseded elsewhere.No building in [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, interiors, mediaeval architecture, page images, colour

Places shown: Wadham College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-24

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