Items in or near Wiltshire (results page 7)

XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version) The Charm of Oxford (1920)

A black and white picture of the drawing of the interior of Wadham College, Oxford; there is also acolourversion; the original is actually printed in black but on yellowish paper with a dark purple ma [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, interiors, beams, mediaeval architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Wadham College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-26

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XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior The Charm of Oxford (1920)

Wadham is less altered than any other college in Oxford.It is the finest illustration of the fact that the Gothic style survived in Oxford when it was being rapidly superseded elsewhere.No building in [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, interiors, mediaeval architecture, page images, colour

Places shown: Wadham College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2013-06-24

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Porch of St. Mary’s Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Romsey Abbey Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

“It is a perfect Norman church, with only the two east windows and the three western bays added by later hands (thirteenth century). The massive piers of the nave arches remind one of Durham, the loft [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, colour

Places shown: Romsey; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Martyrs’ Memorial and St. Giles Oxford (1910)

Ridley and Latimer were burned to death here in the time of Archbishop Cranmer.

Keywords: monuments, towers, trees, colour, roads

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Staircase at Claverton, Somersetshire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(From Richardson’s ‘Elizabethan Architecture.’)This ornate portico leads to a hallway with a wide staircase climbing upward; there’s a carved animal, perhaps, on the newel post at the foot of the stai [...]

Keywords: staircases, steps, interiors, elizabethan architecture, entrances, doorways, arches, colums, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Claverton; Somerset; England

Added: 2018-06-06

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Hall at Ockwell’s, Berkshire. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Coloured in the original book.“The old manor-house of Ockwells is situated about one mile westward from bray, in Berkshire. It is one of those mansions built chiefly of timber framework, of which man [...]

Keywords: windows, interiors, colour, paneling, people, animals, furniture

Places shown: Bray; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Merton College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.“It appears that [Queen’s College] was also anxious to pull down the chamber of King Henry V. This is a strange craze for destruction, that some time ago endangered [...]

Keywords: colleges, bridges, arches, people, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Netley Abbey Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

“The site of Netley Abbey indeed, like that of all the abbeys of the Cistercian Order, is choice, and was selected by the founders for various reasons. A spot remote from towns, quiet and peaceful, o [...]

Keywords: ruins, windows, arches, colour

Places shown: Netley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-03-22

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Iffley Mill Oxford (1910)

“Close by [Christ Church] meadow the college barges line the banks of the Isis, and then come other meadows on either side – meadows nameless and indignified by pageantry, but sacred to Oxford’s speci [...]

Keywords: trees, water, grass, colour, mills

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Old Chained Bible Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible atNorth Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church.(From a Ph [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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Wolvesey Castle Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Plan of XIIth Century Castle restored from recent explorations(From a Drawing by N. C. H. Nisbett, A.R.I.B.A.)Norman Clayton Hadlow Nisbett (1860 – 1918) was an architect who worked with Frederic Ric [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg) Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Version cropped for use as a wallpaper (screen background for computer desktop)

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in [...]

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, christmas, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas, colour

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Wolvesey Castle Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

There appears to be a tennis court in the middle of this ruined castle!(From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon)I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Martyrs Memorial Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“In Broad Street, under the windows of Balliol, there is a small stone cross in the pavement. This marks the place where, some years ago, a great heap of wooden ashes was found. These ashes were the [...]

Keywords: monuments, spires, religion, statuary, boys, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-30

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2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“If in one of those magic freaks of which eastern tales are so full, a person who had never seen Oxford or Cambridge, nor paid much attention to aught he might have read about them, were set down just [...]

Keywords: views, people, cities, cityscapes, water, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-03-18

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Hall of Christ Church College Oxford Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Christchurch, you have no doubt heard, is the richest, most magnificent, and most celebrated of all the collegiate establishments of Oxford. It is the especial resort of the sons of the richest gentr [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, interiors, people, ceilings

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford Castle Oxford (1910)

The square tower in the background is part of the remains of Oxford Castle.

Keywords: castles, houses, water, bridges, canals, people, roads, colour, trees

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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