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Views of England and Wales: A New Online Collection

Views of England and Wales  A New Online Collection.pdf
Article describing the project to digitise the Views of England and Wales collection.

View of St. Vincent's Rock, with the Hot Wells, near Bristol

View of St. Vincent's Rock, with the Hot Wells, near Bristol
A print showing a view of St. Vincent's Rock, with the Hot Wells, near Bristol.

View of Greenwich Hospital

View of Greenwich Hospital
A print showing a view of Greenwich Hospital.

View near St. Paul's Cathedral

View near St. Paul's Cathedral
A watercolour painting of a view near St Paul's Cathedral, London made by A. J. Finberg in 1896.

Urban development and redevelopment in Croydon, 1835-1940

An earlier dissertation illustrated the causes, methods and parochialism of the nineteenth and twentieth century development of two Croydon suburbs. The first of four sections of the present thesis seeks and finds analogies in the development of…

Unnamed priory

Unnamed priory
An ink drawing and two ink and wash drawings of an unnamed priory by Reverend John Maule. Top-right ink and wash drawing is dated 1815. Bottom-right ink and wash drawing is dated 1820.

Unnamed cottage

Unnamed cottage
A pencil drawing of an unnamed cottage, Dover by Hannam S. Thompson.

Unifiers and dividers in a North Staffordshire parish: Audley, 1840-1939

This thesis examines aspects of the history of the ancient parish of Audley between 1840 and 1939 through the concept of ‘unifiers and dividers’. This short phrase encapsulates the idea that people are brought together and separated by factors beyond…

Transitional hunting landscapes: deer hunting and foxhunting in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries the sport of hunting was transformed. The principal prey changed from deer to fox, and the methods of pursuit were revolutionized. The traditional explanation of the hunting transition has aligned…