Items in or near Westmorland (results page 2)

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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589.—Durham Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Durham Cathedral is aUNESCOworld heritage site today. It was built in the 11th century and so is almost a thousand years old. But it still works.partial alterations, improvements, and some important a [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, interiors, pillars, churches, people, shadows, light, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2012-08-17

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590.—Stone Chair in the Chapter House, Durham. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The interior [of Durham Cathedral] presents many objects of high interest—[such] as the sumptuous bishop’s throne (Fig. 602), the stone chair (Fig. 590), and above all, the common tomb of St. Cuthbert [...]

Keywords: furniture, carving, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2014-03-16

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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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1023.—Howden Church Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The perfect Romantic Ruin, an abbey that was once a place of worship and a seat of power, and has now fallen so low that cattle graze where there was once a High Altar.A poem written by William Wordsw [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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1023.—Howden Church (detail for use as computer desktop background image) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A detail taken from the engraving ofHowden Church, sized so that it makes a good screen background, or desktop wallpaper; cows graze in the ruins of a mediæval monastery.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, churches, ruins, abbeys, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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Fountains Abbey Alt-England (1888)

This is a spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. I found a photograph from approximately the same angle in a page on theHistoric UKWeb site.The abbey was founded in 1139, some [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, churches, arches, windows, stonework, greyscale

Places shown: Aldfield; Ripon; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2022-06-03

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Courtyard, Naworth Castle The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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The Minster and Bootham Bar Red Book Of York (1901)

The word ‘bar’ here means gate, not somewhere you buy a drink. Bootham Bar in the city of York stands on the site of one of four gateways into the Roman legionary fortress, but the gate there today d [...]

Keywords: churches, gateways, entrances, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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Methley Hall Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Methley Hall, or Methley Park, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, seven miles south-east from Leeds, is the seat of the Saviles, Earls Mexborough, which family have held the manor for several centuries [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, colour, furniture, manors, halls

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-24

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Methley Hall, Wallpaper Version Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A version of theMethley Hallcoloured engraving; this version has been cropped slightly so that it’s the right size for a computer desktop background, or wallpaper.No, I don’t know why some people put [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, manors, colour, interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, furniture, wallpaper

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-24

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Monk Bar Red Book Of York (1901)

Monk Bar here is a gate (abarrier, if you will) that dates from the 14th century. The portcullis still works. I don’t know if Monk Bar Pharmacy is still there, with a post office and selling horse & [...]

Keywords: gateways, entrances, towers, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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1672.—Hulme Hall, Lancashire.—Front View. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Hulme Hall, Lancashire (Fig. 1672), may be looked on as a fair specimen of the very numerous timber-houses that form so conspicuous a class in the domestic architecture of Elizabeth’s time. And most [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, tudor houses, towers, houses, people, horses, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Newton Heath; Lancashire; England

Added: 2011-01-07

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Stonegate Red Book Of York (1901)

Stonegate Shambles in York is today a pedestrian-only area. In the distance in this photograph is the ever-present York Minster.

Keywords: houses, streets, colour

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2004-04-25

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The Shambles Red Book Of York (1901)

The Shambles is the name of a famous narrow cobbled street in the city of York.

Keywords: cities, street scenes, cobbles, people, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2009-01-18

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General Sullivan’s House Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. LXXIII. (1886)

I thought this picture would make a good Christmas Card! It shows the New England house of a wealthy lawyer from the 18th century, snow-covered in a wintry December.John Sullivan was a lawyer in Du [...]

Keywords: winter, christmas, snow, american uprising, houses, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Durham; New Hampshire; USA

Added: 2011-12-23

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Methley Hall, Yorkshire Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

This building was demolished in 1963, and there is nothing left of it.I find no mention of this Hall in the book, unfortunately.Methley Hall was the country house of the Savile family, Earls of Mexbor [...]

Keywords: manors, animals, sheep, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-04-02

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