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Nether Alderly, Cheshire
Old English Country Cottages (1906)
“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...]
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cottages, houses, greyscale
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Nether Alderley; Cheshire; England
Added: 2006-03-23
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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 [...]
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manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen
Places shown:
Rotherham; Yorkshire; England
Added: 2013-12-31
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Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park,
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
bwpicshas a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century.“[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norman [...]
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churches, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2005-11-06
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Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]
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churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2007-04-23
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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s School
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.
King’s School, Chester, Web site
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cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2007-08-16
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Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s Street
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...]
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cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2010-08-12
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Water Tower, with Roman Hypocaust
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
“The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...]
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towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2005-11-19
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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]
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houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale
Places shown:
Chester; Cheshire; England
Added: 2006-10-11
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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 [...]
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ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale
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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 [...]
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churches, gateways, entrances, colour
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York; Yorkshire; England
Added: 2004-04-25
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Eaton Hall
The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)
Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, is situated in a very large, though hardly picturesque, park, which is liberally thrown open to strangers, and, in consequence, is a greatboon [...]
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stately homes, bridges, parks, trees, cattle, towers, manor houses, greyscale
Places shown:
Ecclestone; Cheshire; England
Added: 2020-07-20
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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 [...]
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interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, colour, furniture, manors, halls
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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 [...]
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backgrounds, manors, colour, interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, furniture, wallpaper
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Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England
Added: 2005-08-24
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