Items in or near Worcestershire (results page 3)

Plan of Ludlow Castle Castles (1926)

“This is by far the most important castle of the whole Welsh border, surpassingChepstowin size andRaglanin historic interest.” (p. 135)The site is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and thus predates the [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, greyscale

Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-04-30

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Ludlow Castle: Gate-way of Chapel Castles (1926)

Late Norman also is the very curious round chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, which stands in the middle of the ward, and displays a particularly fine entrance door with zig-zag moulding, and another arch o [...]

Keywords: castles, entrances, doors, arches, colour

Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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[p.137] Stokesay Castle—The Courtyard. Castles (1926)

The Courtyard.

See alsoGotch, Growth of the English House.

Keywords: manors, towers, windows, arches, entrances, colour

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-12-21

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Overhang—Stokesay Castle England Beautiful (1936)

See the Location Search for other pictures of Stokesay Castle.

Keywords: windows, manors, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-03-15

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Leycester Hospital Warwick and Leamington (1920)

These buildings mostly date from the 1570s; the site previously belonged to the Guild of the Holy Trinity and St George which was formed in 1383. The BBC has apanoramic tour. This building has been u [...]

Keywords: houses, mediaeval, people, streets, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-10-11

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Much Wenlock Abbey. The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

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173.—The South Front. English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Benthall Hall, North Shropshire.There were de Benthalls in 1120, and when, two centuries later, a Burnell of Acton Burnell marred their heiress he took her name as well as her property. Their descenda [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, tudor architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Benthall; Shropshire; England

Added: 2008-02-29

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Plate XXVII. Hereford Cathedral. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

South West View with Cloisters.“At Hereford, where the present tower was built in the fourteenth century, there was also, as in some large monastic churches, a tall tower above the western bay of the [...]

Keywords: churches, people, towers, windows, backgrounds, cathedrals, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Hereford; Herefordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-01

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1951.—Battle at Worcester Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

At top – View of Worcester. (From an old [as of 1845] Print.) The battle was fought on the foreground meadows. In the centre, the flight of [King] Charles before the Parliamentary Soldiers; designed [...]

Keywords: battles, horses, weapons, churches, towers, houses, towns, horses, greyscale

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-04-14

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Edgar’s Gateway, Worcester The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The engraving (signedWhymper) is of Edgar Tower, also known as St Mary’s Gate, an arched and defended stone tower guarding a gateway in the city wall. It was thought to have been build in the 10th Ce [...]

Keywords: gates, towers, entrances, people, windows, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-06-14

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2085.—[Samuel] Butler’s House, Pershore Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The picture shows the house where Samuel Butler (1613 – 1680), the English poet, was born. It is a farmhouse like many others from the period in England, with a thatched roof and brick chimneys. it ha [...]

Keywords: houses, farmhouses, samuel butler, hudibras, exteriors, buildings, cottages, poets, people, greyscale

Places shown: Strensham; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2018-01-25

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The East Gate, Warwick Warwick and Leamington (1920)

...the beholder now looks down a narrow street, on each side of which here and there are dwelling-houses preserving their Elizabethan aspect, and at the further end of which, looming up like the backg [...]

Keywords: towns, streets, churches, spires, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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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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A Saxon Mill England Beautiful (1936)

This is instantly recognizable as the Saxon Mill at Guy’s Cliffe in Warwickshire; it’s mentiontd in the Domesday Book, and there’s a stone dated 1060 by the door, although the mill was running (it’s s [...]

Keywords: mills, buildings, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-11-22

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Guy’s Cliffe Mill, Warwick Warwick and Leamington (1920)

Let all fair pilgrims note the postern door in the stone wall of the Cliffe grounds, near the picturesque Saxon Mill, with its decorative wooden balcony, where John Ruskin loved to linger, listening t [...]

Keywords: people, buildings, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-12-15

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Boscobel House Youth’s Instruction (1830)

This is the house that sheltered King Charles II after the battle of Worcester.Drawn by G. Price. Engraved by Mc. Gahey.Published by J. Mason, 14 City Road.This picture accompanies the entry for Sepp [...]

Keywords: manors, trees, people, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Berwood; Bishops Wood; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-10-28

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Guy’s Cliffe, Warwick Warwick and Leamington (1920)

“The Coventry road to Guy’s Cliffe is a royal and a literary road. Kings, queens, princes, poets, painters and authors have trodden it; also that luckless King’s favourite, Piers Gaveston, whose come [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, water, trees, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-10-12

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Whittington Castle, Shropshire (wallpaper version) In Unfamiliar England (1910)

This is a version ofWhittington Castleresized and cropped so it fits on most computer desktops.

Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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Whittington Castle, Shropshire. In Unfamiliar England (1910)

There was a castle here over a thousand years ago, but the current buildings probably date from the 1200s and later.Whitting Castle Preservation Trusthopes to conserve the castle.All the book says is [...]

Keywords: castles, moats, water, towers, overgrown, greyscale

Places shown: Oswestry; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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