16th Collection (page 62)

Linlithgow Gateway
The fine outer gateway to Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland, built for King James V in 1535. Date: early 16th century

Lacock Abbey Cloisters
Exterior of the cloisters of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery, partly rebuilt 1540. Date: 16th century

English Gable Hood
A model wearing a Gable Hood or an English Hood, a popular Tudor head-dress, made famous by the wives of King Henry VIII of England. Date: 16th century (re-enactment)

Much Wenlock Guildhall
The splendid Guildhall at Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Courtyard
The Tudor stable courtyard of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Oakwell Hall Dog Gates
The dog gates at the foot of the staircase of Oakwell Hall, Birstall, Yorkshire, England. These are described in Chapter 15 of the novel Shirley by Charlotte Bronte. Date: late 16th century

England / Cerne Abbas
Tudor and Stuart houses in Church Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England. Date: 15th & 16th century

Elizabethan Parliament
Queen Elizabeth I of England in Parliament. 16th century

Ravensworth Castle
The ruins of Ravensworth Castle, home of the Fitzhugh family. Built out of sandstone, the castle was used as a quarry by the locals. Abandoned 16th century

Miss Connie Ediss Punching The Ball
Miss Connie Eddis is a great believer in exercise, and to keep herself in trim she makes a speciality of ball-punching. This picture shows her engaged in that persuasive art in her country home

Anabaptist Matthiesson
Jean Matthiesson, promoter of Anabaptism, travels and preaches. Date: 16th century

Walsingham Priory
Abbey ruins of the Priory of Austin Canons, which was founded in 1149, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Date: 16th century

Little Leighs Priory
The magnificent Gatehouse of Little Leighs Priory, Essex, England, built in the 16th century on the site of a 13th century former priory. Date: 16th century

H. R. H the Princess Elizabeth with her corgis
Princess Elizabeth posed with her two Welsh corgis, Jane (Lady Jane, in her arms) and Dookie. (Golden Eagle) Date: 16th December 1936, p511

Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, England, is no loner an abbey, but an impressive Elizabethan manor house, built on the site of an Augustinian priory which was founded in 1119. Date: 16th century

The Man Who Blew His Nose In A Silence Zone, by H. M. Batem
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man disturbing the peace in a residential area. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Jettied medieval building - Guingamp, France
Tabacconist on the Central Square at Guingamp, France. A four-level house of the 16th century, covered in exterior wall shingling. Date: circa 1910s

Lynchs Castle, Galway, Ireland. This incredible 16th century limestone building (seen on the right) is a fine example of an Irish gothic style Date: circa 1900

Whitby Yorkshire
A photograph purporting to be from the time of the devastating German naval attacks on the Yorkshire coast on 16th December 1914

Gwynedd, Wales - Tyn-Y-Groes Hotel - near Dolgllau, Wales. The Tyn-y-Groes hotel is a 16th century coaching inn situated in the beautiful vale of Ganllwyd overlooking the Mawddach river in the heart

Lacock Abbey Gateway and Clock House, Wiltshire, England. Founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Priory Ruins
Abbey ruins of the Priory of Austin Canons, which was founded in 1149, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Date: 16th century

Tudor Summerhouse
This Tudor summerhouse, in Soho Square, London, disguises a ventilation shaft from the underground railway tube station! London, England. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Gables
Fine Elizabethan gables of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Staple Inn, Holborn
The half-timbered structure of Staple Inn in Holborn, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in central London. Dating from 1581, it was formerly an Inn of Chancery. Date: 16th century

Rothwell Market House, Northamptonshire, England. It was built by Sir Thomas Tresham. Work began in 1577, but he died before the roof had been finished. Date: late 16th century

Half-Timbered Gateway
A black and white half- timbered courtyard gateway at Canterbury, Kent, England. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Farmyard
The Tudor farm buildings of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Aldeburgh Moot Hall
Aldburgh Moot Hall, a fine red brick and timbered building, which was once in the centre of this quaint Suffolk town, before coastal erosion caused it to be close to the sea. Date: 16th century

Kirby Hall Gateway
The entrance gateways to Kirby Hall, near Gratton, Northamptonshire, England. The Hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea, built 1570s - 1590s. Date: 16th century

The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath, London, historic watering hole of the famous, including Dick Turpin & Charles Dickens, who immortalised this pub in his Pickwick Papers. Date: late 16th century

Pierre Belloi, Lawyer
PIERRE BELLOI French advocate-general and writer Date: 16th century (?)

Elizabethan Gatehouse
The beautiful black and white gatehouse of Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England, dates from circa 1570, and was probably more for ornamental than defemsive purposes. Date: late 16th century

KIRBY HALL
The ruins of Kirby Hall, near Gratton, Northamptonshire, England. The hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea and was built 1570s to 1590s. Date: 16th century

St. Fagans Castle, near Cardiff, Wales, is a 16th century manor house on the site of a 13th century fortress. In 1948 it became a Welsh folk museum. Date: 16th 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

Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, England, a modern cathedral, built in the Gothic Revival style. Built on the site of a 16th century church. Designed by John l. Pearson. Date: built 1880 - 1905

Amber Palace, Jaipur
The ornate windows of the Amber Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Started in 1592 and completed two centuries later, a fusion of Mughal and Hindu architecture. Date: 16th - 18th century

Old French Cannons
Two of the oldest and most interesting cannons in a collection in Paris, France, the upper of them called The Snake, covered with sculptures of men and women embracing. Date: 16th century

West Port, St. Andrew s, Fifeshire, one of the few surviving city gates in Scotland, it was built in 1589 and renovated in 1843. Date: 16th century

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

Newbattle Abbey, a former seat of the Marquis of Lothian, Midlothian, Scotland, a 16th century house built on the site of a former 12th century abbey. Date: 16th century

Calgarth Hall Ceiling
Part of the ornate plasterwork ceilings in one of the bedrooms of CALGARTH HALL, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England. Date: 16th century

Exeter Tudor House
Tudor House, Tudor Street, Exeter, Devon, England, the oldest private house in the city. Date: 16th century

Calgarth Hall Heraldry
Plasterwork in the old kitchen of CALGARTH HALL, on the banks of Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England, bearing the armourial shields of Christopher Philipson and Elizabeth Wyvil. Date: 16th century

Bishop Bonners Cottages
Built c. 1502, these pargetted picturesque thatched cottages, in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, were once the home of BISHOP EDMUND BONNER, who cruelly persecuted Protestants Date: early 16th century

GODFREES FARMHOUSE
Godfrees, an old farmhouse at Staverton, Northamtonshire, England. Date: 16th century

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