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Kentish Collection (page 2)

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish glory, Endromis versicolora

Kentish glory, Endromis versicolora. Phalaena versicolora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der

Background imageKentish Collection: Buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala, and Cosmotriche lobulina

Buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala, and Cosmotriche lobulina moth. Phalaena bucephala, Phalaena lunigera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph

Background imageKentish Collection: Hop-picking on the road 1858

Hop-picking on the road 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Background imageKentish Collection: Hop-picking resting 1858

Hop-picking resting 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and towns of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Background imageKentish Collection: Gladys Calthrop - The House That Was a Mill

Gladys Calthrop - The House That Was a Mill. Showing the theatre designer in her home, a converted mill, at Charing, Kent. (1 of 2) Date: 1933

Background imageKentish Collection: Sunday morning with hop-pickers 1871

Sunday morning with hop-pickers 1871
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Background imageKentish Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 434

Curtis British Entomology Plate 434
Lepidoptera: Endromis versicolor = Endromis versicolora (Kentish Glory) [Plant: Betula pendula (Betula alba, Birch tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageKentish Collection: James IIs plan to escape England to France is thwarted

James IIs plan to escape England to France is thwarted
James II and VII (1633-1701) - King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII discovered trying to escape England

Background imageKentish Collection: The remains of the German zeppelin L-15 sinking off the Kentish coast in 1916

The remains of the German zeppelin L-15 sinking off the Kentish coast in 1916. The ship was hit by gun fire during an air-raid the previous night

Background imageKentish Collection: Hop pickers in Kent 1911

Hop pickers in Kent 1911
Kent hop pickers. Date: 1911

Background imageKentish Collection: Aveling & Porter Road Roller YV826

Aveling & Porter Road Roller YV826
Aveling & Porter Road Roller, regn. YV826, number 12074, Kentish Maiden. Built by Aveling and Porter in 1928, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Background imageKentish Collection: Sands and Boating Pool, Broadstairs, Kent

Sands and Boating Pool, Broadstairs, Kent Date: 1947

Background imageKentish Collection: Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge
Circular tin badge, issued by the Womens Social and Political Union. Has the words, Votes for Women around the edge and W.S.P.U in centre against a background of green celtic knots

Background imageKentish Collection: Steam trains in Kentish Town Train Sheds

Steam trains in Kentish Town Train Sheds
Steam trains refueling in Kentish Town Train Sheds, London Date: early 1930s

Background imageKentish Collection: British Moths and Caterpillars - Various

British Moths and Caterpillars - Various
British Moths - Various, including: Kentish Glory Moth, Wood Tiger Moth, Spurge Hawk Moth, Magpie Moth, Puss Moth and caterpillar and Grey Dagger Moth and caterpillar. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageKentish Collection: Oyster from Margate on a shell-shaped greetings card

Oyster from Margate on a shell-shaped greetings card
Oyster from Merry Margate (Kent) on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageKentish Collection: Advertisement for John Bull Magazine

Advertisement for John Bull Magazine, superimposed on a photograph of Kentish Town Road, NW London. early 20th century

Background imageKentish Collection: Dental moulding room, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd

Dental moulding room, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd, Kentish Town, NW London. 1921

Background imageKentish Collection: Hop Picking - Kent - The Midday Rest

Hop Picking - Kent - The Midday Rest Date: 1906

Background imageKentish Collection: Liddon Memorial School, Kentish Town, London

Liddon Memorial School, Kentish Town, London
Liddon Memorial School, Kentish Town. The school was run by the Church Extension Association. Date: early 1900s

Background imageKentish Collection: Rail Crash Kentish Town

Rail Crash Kentish Town
On the Hampstead Junction Railway, a train goes off the rails and down the embankment at Kentish Town in north London. Date: 1861

Background imageKentish Collection: John Vine, Molecatcher of Kent and Surrey

John Vine, Molecatcher of Kent and Surrey
John Vine, the celebrated Kentish and Surrey Molecatcher. Date: 1804

Background imageKentish Collection: Greetings telegram, happy birthday

Greetings telegram, happy birthday
Greetings telegram with a patriotic design, happy birthday. Date: 1942

Background imageKentish Collection: Kent Mobile Library

Kent Mobile Library
A mobile library van making a stop in an unidentified Kentish village, late 1940s-early 1950s. Date: c.1950

Background imageKentish Collection: Advertisement, Toledo Steel Co, Volante Tricycles

Advertisement, Toledo Steel Co, Volante Tricycles
Advertisement, Toledo Steel Co, Kentish Town, London, Special Volante Tricycles. 1890s

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Harvest

Kentish Harvest
Harvest time in a Kentish farmyard, with stacks of hay being built and the typical oast houses in the background, near Cranbrook, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageKentish Collection: Charadrius alexandrinus, Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus, Kentish plover
Plate 40 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Cottages

Kentish Cottages
Lovely old stone cottages, with red tiled roofs and dormer windows, Downe, Kent, England. Date: 19th century

Background imageKentish Collection: England / Aylesford

England / Aylesford
Aylesford, Kent, England. The 14th century stone bridge over the River Medway, has one central arch and six smaller arches. Date: 1939

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Tiled Cottages

Kentish Tiled Cottages
Traditional tile-hung cottages at Brasted, Kent, England. Date: 19th century

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Farmstead

Kentish Farmstead
Ratling Court, Ratling, Kent, England, a fine Tudor farmhouse and well lodge. It was at one time owned by the Cowper family, Royalist supporters of King Charles I. Date: 16th century

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Farm

Kentish Farm
A farm in Kent, England, in a state of disrepair, with a delapidated oasthouse. Date: 18th or 19th century

Background imageKentish Collection: Highwaymen at Kentish Town

Highwaymen at Kentish Town
Two women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Town Rooms

Kentish Town Rooms
The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town

Background imageKentish Collection: Cobnuts, Filberts

Cobnuts, Filberts
Kentish Cobnuts Filberts These are both cultivated varieties of the Hazel-nut

Background imageKentish Collection: Children being Evacuated

Children being Evacuated
The photograph shows a group of children from Sherborne Nursey School in Kentish Town being evacuated during the Blitz

Background imageKentish Collection: The Old Castle Inn, Kentish Town, 1849

The Old Castle Inn, Kentish Town, 1849
Engraving showing the exterior of the Old Castle Inn, Kentish Town, London in 1849

Background imageKentish Collection: The Bull and Last Inn, Kentish Town, 19th century

The Bull and Last Inn, Kentish Town, 19th century
Engraving showing the Bull and Last Public House in Kentish Town, during the 19th century

Background imageKentish Collection: An anaglyph of a seaside scene

An anaglyph of a seaside scene
On Kentish Sands; a seaside anaglyph. Although invented some seventy years earlier, the Illustrated London News was the first publication to print 3-dimensional anaglyphs in 1924

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Oast Houses

Kentish Oast Houses
These familiar landmarks of Kent are the red brick and tiled hop kilns used for drying hops after harvesting. This one sits beside the village pond

Background imageKentish Collection: Puss Moth / Kentish Gl

Puss Moth / Kentish Gl
KENTISH GLORY PUSS MOTH with its caterpillar Date: 1880

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Scenery

Kentish Scenery
Every spring the cherry orchards around Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, England, exhibit a wonderful display of blossom

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Bluebell Wood

Kentish Bluebell Wood
A gnarled, moss-covered tree stands alone in a clearing surrounded by coppiced trees. A carpet of fragrant English bluebells marks the season as Spring

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Bluebell Wood

Kentish Bluebell Wood
A gnarled, moss-covered tree stands alone in a clearing surrounded by coppiced trees. A carpet of fragrant English bluebells marks the season as Spring

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Hop Garden

Kentish Hop Garden
Workers in a Kentish hop garden

Background imageKentish Collection: Nelson / Tree / Kentish Town

Nelson / Tree / Kentish Town
HORATIO LORD NELSON Sycamore tree planted by the English naval officer as a boy, at the entrance to his uncles home, Grove Cottage, Kentish Town, North London

Background imageKentish Collection: Kentish Farmyard

Kentish Farmyard
The farmers wife feeds her poultry in a Kent farmyard

Background imageKentish Collection: Ratcatcher / Kent / 19th C

Ratcatcher / Kent / 19th C
Relations between rats and people have never been very friendly, and this Kentish rat-catcher is dedicated to diminishing the rat population by fair means



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