Items in or near Lincoln (results page 2)

398.—Norwich Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vol I, p.398, figs 308 and 389: Norwich Castle

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2002-09-30

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399.—Norwich Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] Hugh Bigod, who had sworn that Henry had appointed Stephen his successor, was the first to hold out against the king in the Castle of Norwich, which his ancestor had built. Norwich was a regul [...]

Keywords: castles, people, trees, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2003-08-31

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The Round Church Cambridge and its Story (1912)

“At a point where the High Street, now Trinity Street, branches off from Bridge Street stands the church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the four round churches of England. (The others are: S. Sepulchre [...]

Keywords: churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2007-01-22

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The Manor House, Austerfield Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Where Governor William Bradford was born.The picture is markedBy permission of E. L. Scrivenswhom I take to be the occupant portrayed.William Bradford (born 1588) was the second governor of Plymouth P [...]

Keywords: buildings, people, houses, pilgrim fathers, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-30

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423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Clifford’s Tower is the site of a 12th century massacre of 100 or so Jews probably as a result of the anti-semitic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the circular structure on the left of th [...]

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

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-07-14

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Austerfield Church Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“Austerfield is a typical north country village. Less picturesque than such midland and southern hamlets as Brington, Ecton and Penshurst, these northern villages, with their steep-roofed, narrow-gabl [...]

Keywords: churches, graveyards, gravestones, churchyards, greyscale

Places shown: Austerfield; South Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-19

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The Cathedral of York Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

Better known today as York Minster. The cathedral church of St. Peter was founded in the 7th century; the present building was begun in 1172, but took 300 years to complete.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-21

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The Minster, North Side Red Book Of York (1901)

York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220.One thing every visitor to the city of York will surely notice is that the Minster s [...]

Keywords: churches, trees, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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574.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral.

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, religion, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-06-18

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576.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Lincoln Cathedral in the 1800s. The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This wood-engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral. (the page in [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-07-22

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577.—Interior of Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Nave, unequalled, it is supposed, in the world for its combined magnitude and beauty of proportion, and the curious Galilee porch, so richly decorated, are among the next additions; the use of the [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, churches, windows, pews, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-25

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580. – Early English Turret, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text.Early Englishis an architectural term, meaning the English style of building with Gothic pointed arches that was used predomin [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-18

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583.—Bracket, Chapter Housse, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

They don’t make brackets like this any more! A carved stone folaiate bracket with a human face or head at the base. This is surely the sort of Gothic ornament that inspired the Gothic Revival!

Keywords: architecture, ornaments, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2012-03-27

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584.—Bracket, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in the form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

Keywords: angels, statuary, carving, religion, spirit, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-12-09

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585.—Boss, Nave, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A woodcut showing a medieval wooden boss, or decorative carving, in this case with a rose motif, used to cover a joint in the Nave of Lincoln Cathedral, possibly in the ceiling.I also made a somewhat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, architecture, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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Boss, Nave, Lincoln Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I took th woodcut of thebosssnd coloured it as it might (or might not) have been painted.

Keywords: colour, art, carving, ornaments, architecture

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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Wentworth Woodhouse. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

WENTWORTH HOUSENear Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam.Thisgrand seat of one of our greatest English families, is most beautifully situated in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, four miles from “Fair R [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Rotherham; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2013-12-31

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700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

These days it’s open to the public from March to October.“Byland Abbey (Fig. 701 [and 700]) needs but few words. It was founded in 1117 by Roger de Mowbray, the nobleman whose estates were sequestrate [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2000-04-02

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703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The village of Walsingham is alive and well; the Abbey itself was largely destroyed in 1538 during the English Reformation and became a private house.The memory of our “Lady ofWalsingham” demands long [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Added: 1999-10-28

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735.—St. Peter’s, Northampton. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vast stone pillars and semicircular arches, with the characteristic Norman zigzag decoration, identify this as a Norman building and indeed it’s from the early 12th century, between 1120 nd 1140. Sain [...]

Keywords: churches, interiors, norman architecture, pillars, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Northampton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2014-01-29

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