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Oxford Castle Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines.There are otherpictures of Oxford Castle.“With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress of W [...]

Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-09

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IV.—Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“THE BROAD STREETThe east side of the University buildings proper was shown in the last picture (Plate IV[sic]); in the present one the north side of the same block is seen. The old University “school [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, buildings, streets, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-03-13

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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29.—Portchester Castle, in Hampshire. The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

DESCRIPTIONof PORTCHESTER-CASTLE, inHampshire.ThisCastle which is about five miles from Portsmouth, takes its appellation from a village so called in which it is situate, formerly a confiderable town [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, battlements, bridges, people, greyscale

Places shown: Portchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2015-08-26

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Plate 3. Chipping Campden Church and Almshouses Cotswold Country (1939)

Chipping Campden, Church and Almshouses

Chipping Campden was the home of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and craft movement in 19th century England.

Keywords: old photographs, villages, churches, buildings, streets, colour

Places shown: Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-08-28

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Bocardo, North Side Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The Bocardo, the mediaeval prison in Oxford, shown from the North side; the engraving is signed “S. R.”The tower here is St. Michael’s church.“Of Bocardo no trace remains, but St. Michael’s is likely [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, arches, streets, people, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-17

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Cranbourne House, Dorset The Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

Cranborne Manor dates back to the start of the Thirteenth Century, but was rebuilt in the 1600s. It belongs to the Marquess of Salisbury, and is traditionaly occupied by the heir, who is given the tit [...]

Keywords: halls, manors, stately homes, mansions, entrances, steps, gothic archtecture, greyscale

Places shown: Cranborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2021-02-08

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311.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Church, Stable and House

The church predates 1275 but the main part of the house probably dates from the 1560s. The south porch bears the date 1601, however.

Keywords: manors, churches, trees, sundials, creeper, windows, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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312.—Avebury Manor, Wiltshire English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

The Ancient Cut Box Tree on the South Lawn

Keywords: manors, trees, entrances, creeper, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2003-08-16

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Isis and Oxford Canal Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

In the foreground a man wearing a hat and carrying a bag or box stands at a canal lock; another walks along the towpath. On the river we see someone punting a bot, and a couple of people fishing from [...]

Keywords: canals, sketches, views, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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VII.—Merton College: The Library Interior The Charm of Oxford (1920)

Merton is the oldest college in Oxford, founded in the 1270s, almost 750 years ago. This sketch gives us a glimpse inside the ancient library with its rows of books so inviting.Merton, as has been sa [...]

Keywords: interiors, libraries, arches, ceilings, colleges, pictures of books, books, greyscale

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-30

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Donnington Castle Castles (1926)

The Gate HouseThe gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor.There is also a plan of Donnington; use the Location [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, ruins, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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389.—Ruins of reading Abbey in 1721. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I; it became very wealthy, no doubt in part because of the corruption that was endemic to the Roman Catholic Church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteri [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, people, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-05-22

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Steep, Hampshire Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale.An English house wth a steep tiled roof, probably originally thatched, and with stone mullioned windows. Topiary and careful landscaping give a well-kept [...]

Keywords: houses, cottages, roofs, gardens, chimneys, dormer windows, windows, topiary, colour

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-22

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396.—Tower of Oxford Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There are more pictures of Oxford byLangand alsoHaslehust.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-20

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397.—Oxford Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Oxford Castle, as it appeared in the Fifteenth Century.

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

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Chipping Campden, The High Street Cotswold Country (1939)

Chipping Campden, The High Street

The house in the centre at the back is I think the Market Hall.

Keywords: old photographs, villages, colour

Places shown: Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-08-30

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Restoration of Old Cottage at Steep Petersfield Old English Country Cottages (1906)

STEEP, HAMPSHIRE.From a water-colour drawing byWalter Tyndale.The only district where stone-slated roofs were hipped was in the heart of the tile counties. Here there are a number, the builders merely [...]

Keywords: cottages, art, houses, roofs, chimneys, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Steep; Hampshire; England

Added: 2012-10-30

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400.—Winchester Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The successor ofHenry Beauclerkwas also an usurper. The rival pretensions of Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda filled the land with bloodshed and terror for nineteeen years. From the north to [...]

Keywords: views, churches, trees, cities, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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The Muniment Room at Merton College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas.(I think the Muniment Room was built to hold manuscripts, but I am not certain)“The time is the end of the fourteenth century. The forest and the moor stretch to the e [...]

Keywords: entrances, colleges, windows, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-10-04

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