12th Collection (page 27)

Edwinstowe Church, Nottinghamshire, England. This church stands on the edge of Sherwood Forest and is reputed to be where Robin Hood married Maid Marian. Date: 12th century

Southwell Cathedral
The sunlit aisle, interior study of Southwell Cathedral, Nottinghamshire, England, viewed through the Transept arch. Date: 12th century

Castle Rising Church
The splendid Norman church of St. Lawrence, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. Date: 12th century

Weapons on the British Front
A photograph of British howitzers in action during the bombardment of the German lines preceding the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st 1916

Neath Abbey Night Stairs
The night stairs at Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire, Wales. The first Cistercian monks arrived from Normandy in 1130. The abbey was ravished by Welsh uprisings in the 1200s. Date: 12th century

The General Strike - canteens in Hyde Park
Lady Betty Butler (left) and Miss Collett Doughty armed with large frying pans; part of an organised response to the General Strike where canteens were set up in Hyde Park

Rochester Castle, Kent, England. There has been a castle on this site since Roman times, but the Keep (1127) and Norman castle are the reason for its fame Date: 12th century

Colchester Priory
Part of the ruins of St. Botolphs Priory Church, Colchester, Essex, England. Date: mid 12th century

Norwegian Church
A Stave Church in the Norwegian Folk Museum at Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway. Date: 12th century

Raw material - Recruits for the St. Georges Wesleyan School
A group of ragamuffin children before recruitment to the boy scouts. Date: 12th March 1910

St. Magnuss Church, on the island of Egilsay, a ruined building with a most unusual tower, Orkneys, Scotland. Date: 12th century

A patrol of boy scouts marching to the rendezvous at the commencement of operations. The Scouts field day at Aldershot has developed into a splendidly organised monthly meeting

Penmon Church
The Priory Church and Dovecotes at Penmon, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. It is believed to have been founded in the 6th century by Saint Seiriol. Rebuilt 12th century. Date: founded 6th century

Inverkeithing Church
The Parish Church of St. Peter, Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland. The tower dates from the 12th century, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1826 after fire Date: 12th & 19th century

Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, founded as a monastic house in the 12th century, the seat of the Byron family from 1540; sold by Lord Byron in 1818. Date: founded 12th century

King George VI talks to the Hon. Margaret Elphinstone at the marriage of Lord and Lady Elphinstones younger son, the Hon. Andrew Elphinstone, a nephew of the Queen, to the Hon

Lilleshall Abbey
The ruins of Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire, England, the splendid Norman abbey which was founded in 1145 for Augustinian Canons. Date: 12th century

12th Earl of Airlie onboard the HMS Suffolk
HMS Suffolk - Tour to the Far East (c.1929 - 1930). David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy - 12th Earl of Airlie (1893 - 1968) on the right with (from left), Commander C. B

St Brigids Cathedral and Round Tower, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland. The cathedral was built by the Norman Bishop Ralph of Bristol in 1223

King Cormacs Chapel, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. Built in the Romanesque style of architecture by Cormac Mac- Carthaigh, King of Desmond. Date: 12th century

Minsmere Chapel
The ruins of Eastbridge Chapel, Minsmere, Suffolk, England. Once a Premonstratensian church, probably abandoned due to vulnerability to the sea. Date: late 12th century

Winchester Font
The fine old font at Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England. Made of black Tournai marble, it is believed to date from about 1180 and features St Nicholas Date: 12th century

Fountains Abbey Nave
Looking across the Nave of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1132. Date: 12th century

Fountains Abbey Arches
Norman arches at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Bath Abbey Windows
Interior and stained glass window, Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England. Date: 12th century

Beeleigh Abbey, near Maldon, Essex, England. The building dates back to the late 12th century, although the 13th century Chapter House is the chief remaining relic. Date: late 12th century

Moyses Hall, Cornhill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, was built by the Normans, in about 1180. It is now a museum of the history of West Sussex. Date: late 12th century

Norman Architecture
The fine archading and dog- tooth mouldings in the Chapter House of Bristol Cathedral, some of the finest examples of Norman architecture in England. Date: 12th century

Norman Font
A very fine Norman font in the Parish Church at Waltham-in- the-Wold, Leicestershire, England. Date: 11th - 12th century

Fountains Abbey Aisle
The North Aile of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Durham Cathedral Corbels
Comical Corbels - some of the faces carved into the corbels above the Chapter House of Durham Cathedral, built between 1093 and 1133. Date: 12th century

Bath Abbey Ceiling
Interior of Bath Abbey, Somerset, England, showing the spectacular vaulted ceilings and stained glass window. Date: 12th century

Trip to Jerusalem Cellar
The rock cellar of Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem inn, at Nottingham, England, which dates from c. 1165 and claims to be Englands oldest public house. Date: 12th century

Comical Corbals
Medieval corbals on the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire, on the English/Welsh border. To the modern eye they look comical, but would have created fear. Date: 12th century

Holy Cross Hospital
Holy Cross, or the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, was founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry de Blois and has become Britains oldest charitable institution. Date: 12th century

Llanthony Abbey, an Augustinian Priory, originally founded in the early 12th century, a fine example of Norman and early English architecture. Date: 12th century

St. Aldhelms Chapel, on top of the windswept promintory of St. Aldhelms Head, near Worth Matravers, Dorset, England. Built c.1140 in memory of a bride & groom who drowned. Date: early 12th century

Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Destroyed by the English in 1307. Rebuilt by the Stuarts; resting place of Robert III. Date: 12th century

East Hagbourne Church
St. Andrews Church, East Hagbourne, Berkshire, England, a fine mixture of Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular architecture. Date: 12th - 15th century

Bath Abbey Choir
The Choir and East Window of Bath Abbey, Somerset, England. The beautiful fan vaulting of the Choir roof is original 16th century. Date: 12th century

St. Roberts Cave Chapel, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. Robert Flower, son of a Mayor of York, took up residence here in the late 12th century. Date: late 12th century

Flaxley Abbey, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a Cistercian Abbey founded by Roger, Earl of Hereford. Date: 12th century

Newark Castle, Notts. dating from the 12th century, in which King John is reputed to have died in 1216. Withstood 3 sieges in the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Date: 12th century

Sopwell Priory
The ruins of Sopwell Priory (or Nunnery), St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, which was founded by Geoffrey of Gorham in the middle of the 12th century. Date: 12th century

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