Genealogy
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British Isles: Past and Present

HMS Majestic, First Class Battleship, launched 1895, torpedoed Dardanelles 1915
East Anglia
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Postcard view of the rectory and workers, circa World War 1
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A place of considerable note in the ecclesiastical and military annals of England
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Vintage postcard images
Greater London
- Postcard images and notes on Cannon Street
- Postcard images and notes on Charing Cross
- Antiquarian notes
- Antiquarian notes
- More information
- Extracts from the Gentleman's Magazine
- Postcard images and notes on London Bridge
- By the 18th century all that remained of the palace was the gate house and the wardrobe
- The view over the Thames is iconic
- Features a lock, a footbridge and a weir
- Prominent features of tourist and working London
- Once famous for the fertility of its well-cultivated garden-grounds.
- The house at Twickenham, celebrated by the residence of Mr. Pope
- Edwardian postcard views
- Images of Waterloo Bridge and the Embankment
- Postcard images and historical notes on Kneller Hall
Midlands
- Edwardian postcard views and historical notes.
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Postcard view and some historical notes.
- Some historical notes about Newport
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Extracts from letters written to Emily Sellwood by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
North-East England
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Lying close to England’s north-eastern coast, the two cities sit side by side
- Edwardian postcard views
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Scotland
- Capital of Scotland, home of the Scottish Parliament and one of the United Kingdom's most
important cities
- How to get there
- Water of Leith
- A Victorian tourist on Fair Isle
- The attractions of Orkney
- Ccapital of the Orkney islands with its magnificent St Magnus Cathedral founded in 1137
- A Victorian tourist on Papa Westray
- A Victorian tourist in Stromness
South & South East England
- Regency Square and Royal Pavilion - notes and views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard images
- Vintage postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
Wales
- Shops and children
- In North Wales, an extract from Thomas Pennant's Tour in Wales
- Edwardian postcard views
- Known as 'Europe's youngest capital'
- Some historical notes
- English and Welsh languages in the city
- The coracle men
- Images of an iconic but little known castle in Carmarthenshire
- From Glimpses of Welsh Life & Character (1893).
- Early 20th century view of School and Children, and c.1930 Charabanc Trip
- Images
- Edwardian postcard views
- Once an economic boom-town
- the mid-nineteenth century saw the emergence of the general manager
- From An Englishman Looks At Wales (1937).
- Wales' second city
- One of Wales' earliest industrial towns.
West Country
- Edwardian postcard views
- An essentially Georgian city
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Edwardian postcard views
- Images
- Once the county town of Somerset
- Edwardian postcard views
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