Tilbury Collection

Ships at Tilbury Docks
Four P&O ships at Tilbury Docks, London: (from left to right) Chitral (painted black); Strathnaver ; Strathaird ; Himalaya

Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1904
Illustration showing a proposal for a barrage of dams and locks, across the River Thames, from Gravesend to Tilbury, 1904. This proposal was suggested by T.W. Barber and J

Photograph of Ship Hotel, Tilbury Docks, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Tilbury Docks, London

Tilbury Docks early 1900s

TILBURY (ALKEN)
This light open two-wheel vehicle is fashionable in the early 19th century. Date: circa 1825

Queen Elizabeth I addressing her troops at Tilbury, Essex, in preparation for the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada, August 1588. Date: 1588

Photograph of Worlds End PH, Tilbury, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Ship PH, Tilbury (Old), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1928

Photograph of Ship PH, Tilbury (New), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Railways locomotives, 1870-1884
Great Eastern, South Eastern and London Tilbury & Southend Railways locomotives, 1870-1884. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Queen Elizabeth I of England at Tilbury, 1588
Queen Elizabeth I of England making her speech at Tilbury before the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Horse and knight in amour
Sir Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 - 1635), English military leader during the Eighty Years War and the Thirty Years War. Riding a armoured horse

Miss Zeffie Tilbury in Ruths Romance - The Theatre Magazine
Miss Zeffie Tilbury (1863-1950), actress, in Ruths Romance - The Theatre Magazine, May 1886. 1886

Photograph of Kings Head PH, West Tilbury, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Blue Anchor PH, West Tilbury, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Anchor PH, Tilbury, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1928

Southend express train, London, Tilbury & Southend Railway
Southend express train, on the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway. Date: circa early 20th century

Aerial view of Gravesend and Tilbury with River Thames
Aerial view from an aeroplane of Gravesend, Kent, and Tilbury, Essex, with the River Thames in between. Date: circa 1910s

Barnardos Home Boys at Tilbury en route to Australia
Barnardos Home Boys arriving at Tilbury at the start of their emigration journey to Australia. Date: December 1922

Soldiers guard Tilbury Docks at the outbreak of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury
THE SPANISH ARMADA Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury to review her forces. Date: July 1588

Tilbury Fort, River Thames. Molloy, Joseph 1798-1877

NFS (London Region) fireboat at Grays, near Tilbury, WW2
An NFS fireboat at her moorings, R5Z-TS Exmouth river fire station, Grays near Tilbury, Essex, the furthest easterly river station in the London Region

Sadler and Paget balloon ascent, Hackney
The ascent of James Sadler and Captain Paget from the Mermaid at Hackney, London. They descended near Tilbury Fort in Essex. 12 August 1811

Poster - Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited
Poster design for Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited - advertuising their regular coach services to Tilbury, Grays, Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick Sands, Lowestoft and Yarmouth

Thundersley built by Robert Stephenson and Company
Locomotive no 80 Thundersley built by Robert Stephenson and Company for LT&SR

Locomotive no 2191 6-2-0 engine

The Barque Berean off Tilbury, 1910
Photograph showing the Swedish barque Berean aground off Tilbury, Thames estuary, 1910. The Berean had collided with a German steamer off Gravesend and had begun to take on water

London Tilbury Loco
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway tank loco no 39

Troops at Gravesend
British troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch

Sir Horace Vere
SIR HORACE VERE, Baron of Tilbury military commander - with his autograph

Boarding India Ship
Going on board an India-bound P&O liner at Tilbury

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