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St. George’s Chapel, Windsor
The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)
The round tower is one of the famous London landmarks, another part of Windsor Castle. The image caption also said, Publish’d the 9th of June 1784 by S. Hooper. T Bonnor scup dirext. [i.e. engraved]; [...]
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castles, chapels, streets, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Windsor; Berkshire; England
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View of Oxford
Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)
We see the ancient city in the distance between trees in the foreground.
From an Etching by H. Toussaint.
Engraved byDavison.
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views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes, greyscale
Places shown:
Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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II.—Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary’s Spire
The Charm of Oxford (1920)
“Nowhere, except at Cambridge, can the series of architectural works be paralleles, and at both universities, the charm of their ancient buildings is enhanced by their beautiful setting in college gar [...]
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sketches, colleges, greyscale
Places shown:
Brasenose College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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Reading Abbey (Background 1)
The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)
Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper).
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ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
Places shown:
Reading; Berkshire; England
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Reading Abbey (Coloured version)
The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)
Version of theReading Abbeyengraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and then coloured (by Liam Quin).
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ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper
Places shown:
Reading; Berkshire; England
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Reading Abbey, Plate 1
The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)
Publish’d the 24th of May 1784 by S. Hooper.The abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I of England, who was buried here.The abbey was closed at the Reformation, and used as a private home for a time [...]
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ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour
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Reading; Berkshire; England
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Wilton House
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)
It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire.WILTON HOUSE,WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY.Wilton Houseis an imposing [...]
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manors, houses, buildings, trees, water, colour
Places shown:
Wilton; Wiltshire; England
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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 [...]
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plans, castles, roman remains, ruins, churches, greyscale
Places shown:
Porchester; Hampshire; England
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124.—Silchester. The North Wall.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The striking characteristic of Silchester is the ruined wall, with the flourising trees upon it and around it, and the old trees that have grown up around centuries ago, and are now perishing with it. [...]
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ruins, roman remains, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
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Silchester; Hampshire; England
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125.—Silchester. Plan of City.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
a, The Western Gate, near to which the Road now leads to the church nearb, the Eastern Gate;c, the South Gate;d, the North Gate.
Silchester was a Romantown in England.
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plans, maps, roman remains, greyscale
Places shown:
Silchester; Hampshire; England
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126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
From a Sketch taken from the south-west.
The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester.The Modern Antiquarianhas some photographs of the area.
Keywords:
amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale
Places shown:
Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England
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III.—View in Radcliffe Square
The Charm of Oxford (1920)
“The visitor to Oxford often asks—“Where is the University?” The proper answer is: “The University is everywhere,” for the colleges are all parts of it. But if a distinction must be made, and some b [...]
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sketches, colleges, buildings, spires, greyscale
Places shown:
Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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Folly Bridge
Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)
“Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was, [...]
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water, bridges, people, sketches, greyscale
Places shown:
Oxford; Oxfordshire; England
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