Church Collection (page 9)

United Free Church and Manse, Meigle, Scotland. Built in the 1890s, the church fell into disuse after the merger of the churches in 1929

St Katharines Home for Girls, Southbourne
The St Katharines Home for Girls, Southbourne. The building shown here, in Church Road, was purpose built for the Home and completed in 1920

In Memoriam - scene in Tewkesbury Abbey, WW1
A lone woman stands alone in front of a roll of honour, with the Union flag hanging over it inside Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire during the First World War. Date: 1919

Papaver somniferum, Opium poppy
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

LCC-LFB Kensington fire station, SW London
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

Garnerin balloon with parachute
Garnerins balloon with a parachute below, and a French flag waved from the cage. He ascended from North Audley Street, landing 10 minutes later in the parachute near St Pancras Church -- claimed to

Old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N. Y
Old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.. Date c1904

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia

Christ Church College, Oxford, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Church Choir, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Boys and men choristers in their surplices, pictured with the vicar and organist at All Saints Church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1920

People from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent. They were assisted by their local vicar, Reverend R Wilson (seen here in the centre) of St. Augustine s, Stepney. circa 1911

Romania - Small Wooden Church
A beautiful little wooden church set high on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. Date: circa 1910s

Warrenpoint, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Ireland / Killarney
A fine view of Market Lane and the spire of the Franciscan church and friaru, built on Martyrs Hill. Date: 1960s

Trier, Germany - St Matthias Abbey
Germany - Trier. The oldest City in Germany - St Matthias Abbey Date: 1909

Olney Parish Church, dedicated to St. Peter & St. Paul, Buckinghamshire, England. Most of the church was built in the 14th century in the Decorated Gothic style. Date: founded 11th century

North Elmham Church
St. Marys Church, North Elmham, Norfolk, England. Bishop Herbert de Losinga built the first 11th century church here; the present one is 13th century. Date: 13th century

England / Marlborough
A rather deserted scene at the eastern end of the High Street of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, showing its old Town Hall and church in the background. Date: 1950s

St. Machars Cathedral. Aberdeen, Scotland. The original church was founded in 570, but the present building dates from 1366 and was completed in 1532. Date: 14th - 16th century

Railway Poster - Lissewege, Belgium
Poster for the Belgian National Railways, showing the centre of the Town of Lissewege and the connections from this location (via the railway) to other Belgian towns

Union Workhouse, Easthampstead, Berkshire
A distant view of the Easthampstead Union workhouse, Berkshire, opened in about 1836, in buildings adapted from former almshouses

Horse-drawn Streetcar, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece
A horse-drawn streetcar was created in 1905 for the distribution of goods at Karlovassi, Samos, known to the local people as the tram

Lake Bled with church, Slovenia
View of Lake Bled with the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary, near the town of Bled in north west Slovenia. Built in the 15th century, weddings are held regularly at the church

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta, Ukraine
View of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Yalta, Ukraine. It was built in 1902

St Benedicts Hospital, Tooting, South London
St Benedicts Hospital which lay between Church Lane and Rectory Lane in Tooting, South London. The hospital was established in 1897

Tooting Military Hospital, Tooting Graveney, Surrey
The Tooting Military Hospital operated during World War One in a building on Church Lane, Tooting Graveney, Surrey, formerly St Josephs Roman Catholic college

Santa Maria Novella
Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy

Modern Athenians plate 21 - Edinburgh
John Menzies (d. 1843) of Pitfodels, being approached by Rev. Thomas Guthrie (1803-1873) of Old Greyfriars Church, Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the ragged schools

An architectural group in Westminster
A London vista, with a horse-drawn tram and carriages, and several buildings of note including Westminster Hospital, Big Ben, Parliament Square, St Margarets Church

Madeley, Shropshire
Cattle amble along the village street at Madeley, Shropshire

The burial of Thomas Hardys heart among his own people: the vicar of Stinsford in Dorset ( Mellstock of Under the Greenwood Tree ) bearing the casket containing it

St Michaels Church, Chester Square, Pimlico, London. Inset photograph of the priest, Canon Fleming

St. Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel, c. 1875
Engraving showing the church of St. Mary Matfelon in the High Street of Whitechapel, London, c.1875

Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl
Engraving showing the marriage of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) to William Ashmead-Bartlett (1851-1921) in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881

St. Michaels Church, The Cross, Gloucester, England

Knight Templar Effigy
The effigy of a Knight Templar in a niche in the south wall of St Marys Church in Walkern Hertfordshire. The knight is probably William de Lanvalei II

Ukraine / Kiev / St Nicolas
Kiev: Church of St Nicolas, Lavra

Easter Custom
Every Easter Eve, choirboys sing a hymn over the grave of William Hulbard, who left a guinea to the Parish Choir when he died. c. 1806, St. Mary in Arden Church, England

Morris Dance / Musto
MORRIS DANCING: Thaxted, Essex. Villagers gather outside the church on a sunny day to watch a morris dancing team perform to the strains of an accordian

Pupils in playground, St Lukes C of E Primary
Pupils in a school playground, St Lukes C of E Primary

George Herbert / Bemerton
GEORGE HERBERT Church and vicarage at Bemerton of the Metaphysical poet and clergyman Date: 1593 - 1633

Writing / Gray Poem
Part of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks

Yorkshire Dales
A fine impression of Thwaite, a typical village of the Yorkshire Dales, set in Swaledale

Churches / Earls Barton
A Saxon church tower (circa 880), Earls Barton, Sussex

Marlow Church & Bridge
A delighful glimpse of All Saints Church, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, seen through the suspension bridge (built 1829 - 1832) over the River Thames

Hogarth / Industry / Idle 2
2. The industrious prentice performing the duty of a christian

Pope Joan or Joanna, legendary female pope
Pope Joan or Joanna, a legendary female pope, thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but probably a fabrication, as there is no contemporary evidence

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