Items in or near Sussex (results page 2)

87.—Country near Dover.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: views, hills, sheep, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2008-09-15

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88.—Dover Cliffs.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats. The plate is signed “SIBLY” but that could be the original artist or the engraver (or both). “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2008-09-17

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89. Roman Lighthouse, Church and Trenches in Dover Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In that curious record, in old French, of the foundation of the Castle of Dover, which we find in Dugdale’s ‘Monasticon,’ we are told that when Arviragus reigned in Britain, he refused to be subject t [...]

Keywords: lighthouses, castles, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2010-09-08

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90.—Dover Cliffs.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats in a storm, and with a barrel floating on a wave. “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-13

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91.—Roman Church in Dover CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Close by the pharos are the ruins of an ancient church (Fig. 89). This church, which was in the form of a cross, was unquestionably constructed of Roman materials, if it was not of Roman work. The til [...]

Keywords: ruins, churches, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2010-09-09

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98.—Plan of Richborough.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A (rather minimal) plan of Richborough castle, an ancient Roman fort on the south-east coast of England, dating to maybe A.D. 43. There is also an amphitheatre at the site. Richborough was the first [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, ruins, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2010-11-17

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99.—Richborough. General View, from the East.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Giant and ancient ruined stone walls on a sharp rise dwarf a small cottage. It is not a lofty castle of the middle ages, such as we sometimes look upon, with tower and bastion crumbling into picturesq [...]

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-05-22

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Doorway, Royton Lenham, KentArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Royton Manor had a mediaeval chapel at one time, which may be where the door was, or it might have been the entrance to the main house, which later became a farmhouse. Parts of the manor were taken to [...]

Keywords: doorways, doors, entrances, medieval architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Royton Manor; Lenham; Kent; England

Added: 2025-10-23

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100.—North Wall of Richborough.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A man hunts with rifle and dog beside the overgrown Roman walls of Richborough in Southern England. See Fig. 99 for the extract from the book.

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, people, dogs, hunting, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-06-12

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101.—Plan of the Platform and Cross, RichboroughOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This appears to be a side view, or elevation, rather than a plan, of the platform and cross-shaped mound at the Roman fort of Richborough. See Fig. 98 for more details.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-03-21

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103.—Ruins of the Ancient Church of Reculver.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Roman remains still existing at Reculver are less interesting than those at Richborough, chiefly because they are of less magnitude and are more dilapidated. Very close to the ruins of the ancient [...]

Keywords: ruins, churches, anglosaxon remains, buildings, towers, spires, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Reculver; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-28

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104.—Plan of Porchester Castle, Hants.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] the fact is certain that in several of the undoubted Roman castles, or camps, is a small building of cruciform shape, placed not far from the centre of the enclosure. At Porchester (Fig. 104) an [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, roman remains, ruins, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Porchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2011-06-05

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105.—General View of the Ruin of Pevensey Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anderida, the sea-fort of Sussex, is held by some to be Hastings, by others to be East Bourn. It is not our purpose to enter upon any controversial discussion of such matters; but it appears to us [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, roman remains, norman architecture, trees, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-22

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106.—Plan of Pevensey Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

On the north side was a few years since a fragment of a supposed Saxon keep, held to be an addition to the original Roman Castrum (Fig. 109). But the most important and interesting adaptation to anoth [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-24

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107.—Walls and Gate, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here, as at Richborough, have the Roman galleys anchored; sheltered by the bold promontory of Beachy Head from the south-west gales, and secured from the attacks of pirates by the garrison who guarded [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towers, walls, people, sheep, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-24

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108.—Walls, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The walls at Pevensey Castle show some Roman features as well as later additions. The external towers, which are indicated on the plan, are quite solid; some of these have been undermined and have fal [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towersruins, people, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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109.—Supposed Saxon Keep, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Sheep graze in the foreground; in the background a stone archway frames a tunnel through heavy masonry, a ruined tower. The ruin on this side is highly picturesque, large masses of the original wall h [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, arches, sheep, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-25

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Tonbridge, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906)

Sketch of an Elizabethan cottage in Kent.

“Kent, Sussex and Surrey are three of the most delightful counties in England”

Keywords: houses, cottages, windows, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: Tonbridge; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-31

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110.—Sally Port, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ponderous walls of the Roman dominion are almost merged in the greater interest of the moated keep of the Norman conquest. It will be sufficient for us here to present engravings of the Norman wor [...]

Keywords: castles, walls, arches, entrances, ruins, norman architecture, people, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-27

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111.—Norman Keep, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A ruined castle with broken towers overgrown with ivy looms in the background on a hill or mound; in the foreground people admire the view; to emphasise the pastoral nature of the scene there are also [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, towers, ivy, people, animals, norman architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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