Astley Collection

Astleys Amphitheatre
Philip Astleys amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London : loved by Dickens, this was also the scene of clowns such as Grimaldi, and popular melodrama

The Astley Institute for potential jockeys run by R. Taylor

Plan of the King of Sines palace, Joal, Senegambia, 18th century. Entrance A, courts B, connecting huts C, kings hut D, wives huts E, reception area F, dining area G, servants huts H

ANDREW DUCROW / HORSEMAN
ANDREW DUCROW Equestrian performer at Astleys Amphitheatre and elsewhere, seen here riding two horses Date: 1793 - 1842

Edens Orphanage, Astley Bridge, Bolton, founded by a legacy from local industrialist James Eden

The Molyneux Family of Castledillon, Co. Armagh (1758). Astley, John 1724-1787. Date: 1758

Charles Rowell. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, August 12th 1853. Height 6 ft. 5 ins. Weight 140 lbs. Winner of the Astley Belt

Philip Astley / Top Hat
PHILIP ASTLEY Equestrian entertainer; circus proprietor

Caricature of Sir John Astley, English soldier and sportsman
Caricature of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-1894), English soldier and sportsman, and former Conservative MP. 1881

Astley Paston Cooper 2
SIR ASTLEY PASTON COOPER Surgeon at Guys Hospital, London. Date: 1768 - 1841

Sir Jacob Baron Astley
SIR JACOB BARON ASTLEY Royalist General; he also served in the 30 Years War. Date: 1579 - 1652

Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768 - 1841), 1st Baronet, English surgeon and anatomist, surgeon to Guys Hospital. In 1820 he removed an infected sebaceous cyst from the head of King George IV

Madeleine Carroll by Olive Snell
Portrait of British film actress Madeleine Carroll (1906 - 1987), in private life Mrs Philip Astley. Star of The Thirty-Nine Steps. Date: 1934

A Reminiscence of the Pelican. Members of the Old Pelican Club around the Square Ring including the Duke of Beaufort and Sir John Astley

Sir George Callaghan, Admiral of the Fleet
Sir George Astley Callaghan (1852-1920), Admiral of the Fleet, seen here in uniform on the deck of a ship. He served in the Boxer Rebellion and during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Coal mine fire at Astley, near Manchester
Coal mine fire at the Tyldesley Collieries near Manchester. The fire spread so furiously that all the shafts were unaccessable

Sor Jacob Astley
JACOB, baron ASTLEY Royalist soldier, captured and imprisoned by Parliament with his autograph

Sir John Dugdale Astley
SIR JOHN DUGDALE ASTLEY Soldier and sportsman

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