Chimney Collection (page 17)

Chimney pots with sweeps brush poking out
Two chimney pots with a sweeps brush poking out of one of them -- the last place to choose when looking for somewhere safe to build a nest! Date: 1937

Little girl walking across the rooftops
A little girl walking across the rooftops, on her way to Somewhere Town. first published 1879

A boy sweep
Engraving of George Baxters illustration of a black-faced chimney sweeps boy. Date unknown

Sweep! Sweep
Old Street Cries -- Sweep! Sweep!! 20th century

Merry Christmas, Bright New Year -- four children spot Santa Claus in the fireplace. circa late 19th century

Country lane with farm buildings
A country lane with farm buildings

Country scene with farm building
A country scene with a farm building and a grassy field

Palais Royal Bedroom
A bedroom with a canopy bed and a chimney in the Palais Royal, Paris. Date: Circa 1760

Palais Royal Interiors
New appartments of the Palais Royal in Paris in the 18th century with a chimney and candlesticks. Date: Circa 1760

View of Derby from across the River Derwent
A view of Derby from across the River Derwent, showing a mixture of church towers and spires, and factory chimneys. Date: circa 1910

Greenhouse 18th France
Small greenhouse with ventillation flaps and chimney. Date: Circa 1760

Santa up Chimney / C20Th
"...& laying his finger aside of his nose, & giving a nod, up the chimney he rose". Date: First published: 1823

Oxford / From Meadows 1840
Oxford: general view, from the meadows near the railway station Date: circa 1840

Medieval Fireplace
A medieval group gather around (and warm their hands at) a fireplace. One man has an owl on his arm. A rather unfortunate stork and her young nest in the chimney. Date: 1338-1344

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Pot and Kettle
The pot calling the kettle black. A coal-man and chimney sweep stop to chat in the street. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow

Court Farm and garden
View of Court Farm (unidentified location) and garden, with a large pond, grass, trees and flowerbeds

Courtyard garden of a house, with milkmaid
The courtyard garden of an old stone house, with a milkmaid carrying a pail

Old timbered house by a river
An old timbered house at the side of a river

Unidentified old building with gothic archway
An unidentified old building at the side of a narrow street, with a gothic archway leading through into another street. The building has tall chimneys and a partially tiled facade

View of Sackville College, East Grinstead, West Sussex
Exterior view of Sackville College, East Grinstead, West Sussex, a Jacobean almshouse founded in 1609 to provide sheltered accommodation for the elderly

Swan Inn, Southdown Brewery, Sussex
The Swan Inn, run by B H Hillman for the Southdown Brewery, somewhere in Sussex. A man stands outside, looking very much tempted to go in

Country house exterior, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
Exterior view of a large country house in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Swansea Loop East Junction, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the railway tracks at the Swansea Loop East Junction on the Great Western Railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, with details of lamps and points

Old stone house with circular tower
An old stone house overgrown with ivy, with a circular tower on the left

Old stone archway overgrown with leaves
An old stone archway overgrown with leaves

Old house with graveyard
An old timbered house with a graveyard in the foreground

View of the Castle, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the Castle across the rooftops, from a building in the High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. There has been a recent fall of snow

Bungalow with patterned slate roof, North Wales
A bungalow with an elaborately patterned slate roof, somewhere in North Wales where the slate is quarried

Derelict building, slate quarrying area, North Wales
View of a derelict building in a slate quarrying area of North Wales. The roof of this house has several tiles (probably made of slate) missing

Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales
A slate covered bungalow in Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The town of Porthmadog developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales
External view of the Glyn Pits in Pontypool, South Wales

Aston Park viewed
Queen Victorias visit to Birmingham and Warwick. The view of Aston Park from Aston Hall, with the smoking chimney stacks of industrial Birmingham on the horizon

Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Aerial view of Southmead Hospital, Bristol. The entrance is on Southmead Road at the bottom left of the picture. The buildings were originally erected in 1900-1902 as a workhouse for the Barton Regis

Parish Workhouse, Brenchley, Kent
A large timber framed building that once served as the Brenchley parish workhouse. It is believed to have opened in 1732

Snow Babies - A Safe Landing by Dorothy Wheeler
A snow baby, which has tumbled from the sky as it snows, lands safely on the chimney pot of a snow covered roof top

Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand. This was the home of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby (1801-1871)

Clean air from smokers / W H Robinson
An ingenious device to prevent a cars cabin from filling with smoke from a drivers cigar or cigarette, by means of pipework and a chimney

Navajo Sweat House - Tuba City, Arizona
Navajo Sweat House (or Sweat Lodge or sweathouse ) - Tuba City, Arizona

King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales
Staff and patients at the entrance to The King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales. The hospital was formerly the Tregaron Union workhouse, erected in 1876, on Dewi Road, Tregaron

Collecting supplies for refugees WWII
Rich and poor alike bring gifts to the Womens Voluntary Service Depot for the Belgian refugees during World War II. Here the local chimney sweep brings a pram whilst Lady Lucas Tooth

Fireplace of the Hotel Terre Neuve
A dog sitting in front of the fireplace of the Hotel Terre Neuve in Fontenay le Comte in France

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Two thatchers at work
Two thatchers repair the thatch on the roofs of two traditional country cottages. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Garden in Cambridgeshire
An unidentified garden in Cambridgeshire with a view across the lawn, showing colourful plants and shrubs growing on either side of a flight of stone steps, a red brick garden wall

Alices Adventures Underground: Bill the lizard comforted
Various creatures minister onto a sickly companion. Bill the lizard is restored with a drink after being ejected from the chimney of the white rabbits house

Industrial School, Cockermouth, Cumbria
The Cumberland County Industrial School on Lorton Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria, was opened in 1881 to hold 150 boys. Industrial Schools housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a

Saint Nicholas / Father Christmas / Santa Claus - delivering presents to the children of the world by climbing down chimneys on Christmas night

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