800 Collection (page 2)

Richard Kempenfelt
RICHARD KEMPENFELT Rear-Admiral : drowned when the Royal George refitting at Spithead, heeled over, taking with her 800 crewmen, tradesmen, women and children Date: 1718 - 1782

Hesiod / Scriven / Lee
HESIOD Greek poet: portrait bust Date: FL CIRCA 800 BC

Hesiod / Hogarth / Profile
HESIOD Greek poet: portrait bust in profile Date: FL CIRCA 800 BC

Charlemagnes Crown
The coronation crown of the emperor Charlemagne, worn at Rome in 800 and preserved in the Imperial Treasury, Vienna Date: 800

Vikings and Mer-Folk
A Viking crew are attacked by mer-people Date: circa 800

Deads mother. Nuraghic Culture
Mother of the dead child. 1500-800 BC. Bronze Age. Nuraghic Culture. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. SARDINIA. Cagliari. National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari. Proc: ITALY. SARDINIA

Night attacks on Germany by G. H. Davis
Background to an 800-bomber raid: the vast organisation behind every big night attack on Germany during the Second World War

Tommy Hampson collapsed after 800m win, 1932 Olympics
Thomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting

Bea Viscount 800 Plane
A British European Airways (BEA) Viscount 800 aeroplane in flight. Date: 1950s

Vickers Viscount 800 production at Weybridge

The first series 800 Vickers Viscount 802 G-AOJA
The first series 800, Vickers Viscount 802, G-AOJA, Sir Samuel White Baker, of BEA

CHARLEMAGNE or CHARLES I (742-814). King of the Franks and the Lombards (768-814) and Holy Roman Emperor (800-814). Engraving

Early Christian Chapel
Gallarus Oratory, near Smerwick, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. This strange building is an early Christian chapel, stone with no mortar, Date: circa 800 A.D

Swinton Schools, Manchester
The Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type

Wandering Jew at Ford
The Jew, now 1, 800 years old crosses a river (the Rhine) & sees a crucifix reflected, reminding him how he is cursed to endless wandering for refusing Jesus a moments rest

Saxon Chief Ca 800
A Saxon chief rests a foot on the body of a slain foe - he is characteristic of the Teutonic invaders of Britain in the early Middle Ages. Date: circa 800

Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H. M.s Bulwark
Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H.M.S Bulwark

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Bar of Gold
Engraving of a bar of gold, a small slab weighing sixteen pounds, worth about 800 in 1845"

Viking Raid
A Viking raid - women abducted

Charlemagne Assembly
He holds a popular assembly

Charlemagnes Court
He presides over his court

Charlemagne Crowned 2
Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the Romans by Leo III at Rome, thereby initiating the Holy Roman Empire

Charlemagne Recognised
Charlemagne receives the oath of fealty and homage from one of his subjects

Charlemagne & Scholars
He confers with scholars and clerics : he is a great patron of learning

Moor Hall Chapel, Middlesex, 1960
Photograph of Moor Hall Chapel, Harefield, Middlesex which was due to be demolished in 1960 and turned into a football field

Departure of British Emigrants for New Zealand, 1862
Engraving showing emigrants on board the Matilda Wattenbach, as their ship heads down the River Thames on the journey to New Zealand, 1862

OLYMPICS / 1932 / MEN 800M
Thomas Hampson (Great Britain) wins the mens 800 metres

Battle of Courtrai
Also known as the Battle of the Spurs, when the Flemings under Guy de Namur utterly routed the French, 800 of whose spurs were displayed in Courtrai cathedral

HESTON PHOENIX
A popular light aicraft which carries five passengers in comfort, at speeds up to 210 km/h, and can travel 800 km without refuelling

Rescue workers on the way to the rest hut, Gresford Colliery
Gallant rescue workers on the way to a rest hut accompanied by a nurse. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of an explosion that orphaned nearly 800 children

A family group waiting for news at the pit head, Gresford Co
A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children

Viking Raiders on Coast
Viking raiders slay and rob on English soil Date: 800 - 1000

Vikings Approach
Viking ships approach the east Anglian coast of England, carrying Danish raiders to Britain

Vikings Raid France
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, watches in dismay as Viking raiders attack the coast of France

Canadian Missionary
A missionary in the Red River region of Canada makes a 800+ km journey by canoe - the only way to get around this wild country

St Matthew / Evang / Harley
SAINT MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST from a Franco-German manuscript made about 800

Manuscript - Gospel
A page from a Franco-German gospel

Mcclintock / Franklin
McClintock in Fox discovers Franklins remains and the fate of the Franklin expedition. They also revealed about 800 miles of hitherto unknown coast. Date: 1857-59

Charlemagne Escorts Pope
Charlemagne escorts deposed Pope Leo III back to Rome where he demands that Leo & his accusers appear before him. Charlemagne is crowned Roman Emperor in 800

Marriage Made in Heaven
A MARRIAGE MADE IN THE HEAVENS - at San Antonio, Walter Stowe weds Mary Shelton at 800 metres

BYZANTINES / 800-1000
L-R: A Man of Rank, Basilius (886), an Empress, an Emperor and Basilius II (1025)

Hildegarde, Queen
HILDEGARDE de Sueve (Swabia) third queen of Charlemagne

Anglo Saxon Bed
Three people manage to fit into this Anglo-Saxon bed

Military / Dress / Medieval
A CHIEF OF THE FRANKS in medieval France

Dresden Prison 1930S
The interior of a prison in Dresden, Germany, which in its day was one of the most up-to- date in Europe. The central tower was built so that one person could watch 800 inmates

English Peat Industry
The peat industry in England, here on the Moors, near Glastonbury, Somerset. This workman is building up a ruccle from a hyle. The pyramid has 800 turves

Battle of Narva
At the battle of NARVA, the Swedish army under Carl XII defeat the Russians under general Dolgorouky : the Russians lose 10, 000, the Swedes only 800

Saxon Ships
Three Saxon sailing vessels in the English Channel off Dover. Note the head having its eyes pecked out by a passing seagull

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