Begun Collection

Rosyth Naval Base, Scotland, 1908
Illustration showing an artists impression of how Rosyth Naval Base, in the Firth of Forth, would look when complete. This image was created when the work on the base had only just begun in 1908

Stowe House C18Th
Sir Richard Temples House at Stowe, designed by William Cleere & begun in 1676. This view dates from a later period when many improvements have been made. Now Stowe School

England / Alton Towers
Alton Towers, Staffordshire, seat of the earl of Shrewsbury - begun 1814, much added to, greatly admired for its magnificence indoors and out Date: circa 1840

Saving of Audacious Crew
Audacious, one of the most powerful members of the Allied fleet, is sunk by a German mine. A rescue operation is immediately begun

Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England, was begun between 1183 and 1192 and was completed in 1260. Date: 12th - 13th century

Welsh - Caesars Nose - CWGC Cemetery
This small cemetery stands on the site of a German redoubt which was called Fortin 17. Fighting around this area began in 1915

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy
The Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks

Milton Abbey, Dorset, England founded by King Athelstan in the 10th century. The medieval church burned down in 1309 and rebuilding was had barely begun before the Dissolution

South Aisle and Choir, Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. Replacing a Norman building begun in 1085, the present building was built between 1195 and 1330s. Date: 1950s

The Hand & Shears
An 1811 view of the Hand & Shears, a public house in Smithfield built early in the 19th century. It was named after the former Bartholomew Fair, held at Smithfield for centuries

The Antonine Wall, a stone and turf fortification begun by the Romans under Antonius Pius (in 142), intended as a replacement for Hadrians Wall between Caledonia & Britannia Date: 1903

Battle of Morval 1916
A photograph of British soldiers climbing over the parapet of their trench during the Battle of Morval. The battle, which began on 25th September 1916

Milan Cathedral
Begun in the 1380s, Milan Cathedral, one of the largest in the world, was built by many different architects, including Leonardo and was completed in the 19th century. Date: 1930s

The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, an Islamic Temple, begun in 684. The fenestrated gilded wooden dome itself, was rebuilt in the 11th century : The Courtyard. Date: 684

Cirencester Church
The beautiful parish church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The tower was begun early in the 15th century and this, the Great South Porch, was built in 1490. Date: 15th century

INDIA. DELHI. Delhi. Ornamental detail of the Alai Darzawa Gate, southern entrance into the monumental complex of sultan Quatb-al-Din-Aibak begun in 1199

ECUADOR. Quito. Convent of San Francisco. Church of San Francisco. Detail of the main altarpiece, begun by Padre Carlos between 1620 and 1680

First Crusade (1095-1099). Battle of Nicaea (20th June 1097), begun by the sultan Kilij-Arslan against the Crusaders besieging the city of Nicaea. Copy of a painting by Henry Serrur (1839). SPAIN

A View of the City Of Zaragoza

The first dynamite bomb thrown in America May 4th, 1886. The personnel of the great anarchist trial at Chicago. Begun Monday June 21st 1886. Ended Friday, August 20th 1886

The St. Louis bridge. The erection - the ribs completed and the roadways begun. Photograph shows view of the St. Louis Bridge under construction, spanning the Mississippi River. Date 1881

Norwich Cloisters
Norwich Cathedral, begun in 1096, was not finally consecrated until 1278. Here are the ruined Cloisters of the old monastic buildings of the cathedral. Date: founded 11th century

Milton Abbey, Dorset, England founded by King Athelstan in the 10th century. The medieval church burned down in 1309 and rebuilding was had barely begun before the Dissolution

British reserves leaving their trenches during an advance
A photograph of British reserves leaving their trenches on the morning of 25th September 1916 as part of the continued British offensive which had begun along the Western front in July that year

Belgian people kissing the Union Jack
Illustration by Lascelles, of a crowd of Belgian people gathered outside the British consulate in Ostend, kissing the Union Jack

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

A help yourself grocery - checkout
Photograph taken from a United States supermarket in 1948, where Britains queues and rations are unknown, showing a woman being served at the checkout

Household Shopping Without Tears
The coffee counter of an American supermarket, untroubled by rationing in 1948. The concept of the supermarket where all manner of goods could be bought in one place

A help yourself grocery
Photograph taken from a United States supermarket in 1948, where Britains queues and rations are unknown. The concept of the supermarket where all manner of goods could be bought in one place

Autumn Bench
Autumn shadows, an atmospheric scene around benches in St. Annes Well Gardens, Hove, Sussex, England, where the first Autumn leaves have begun to fall

Hypostyle Hall
The Papyrus pillars of the Great HYPOSTYLE HALL, at sunset. Begun in the reign of Rameses I and completed in the reign of Rameses II, Karnak Thebes (modern Luxor), Egypt

St Petersburg - Winter P
The Winter Palace was begun by Peter the Great and completed by the Empress Elisabeth just in time for this picture to be made

British Supply Wagons
The war has just begun - and the British troops are already hungry. Supplies on the way to the Front pass through the Place d Armes at Albert (Somme) watched by locals

Bewick - Tees Sheep
This is the old or unimproved Tees-water sheep, before the improvements begun by Mr Bakewell

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