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Cottage Collection (page 3)

Background imageCottage Collection: Slemish from Above Broughshane

Slemish from Above Broughshane - a view of Slemish with a cottage in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Slemish). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: Broughshane, Co. Antrim

Broughshane, Co. Antrim - a view of the main street with a thatched cottage to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Broughshane). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: NCH Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

NCH Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
An aerial view of the National Childrens Home site at Harpenden. The home comprised a number of cottage homes arranged round a central green. Date: 1930s

Background imageCottage Collection: Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936

Background imageCottage Collection: Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis

Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis
A man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Background imageCottage Collection: Scottish Mountains

Scottish Mountains
The mass of Cairntoull, one of the Cairngorm range of mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This mountain hut is for climbers, near Devils Point, in Glen Dee. Date: 1960s

Background imageCottage Collection: Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car

Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back

Background imageCottage Collection: Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill

Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s

Background imageCottage Collection: Willy Lotts Cottage - Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk

Willy Lotts Cottage - Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk. The cottage features in John Constables painting, The Hay Wain. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCottage Collection: Sheffield, Yorkshire - Meadow Head

Sheffield, Yorkshire - Meadow Head Date: 1907

Background imageCottage Collection: Ann Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon, England

Ann Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageCottage Collection: Ventnor, Cottage Hospital, Isle of Wight, England

Ventnor, Cottage Hospital, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageCottage Collection: Cockle Picker, Ulverston

Cockle Picker, Ulverston
A cockle picker outside her cottage near Ulverston, then part of Lancashire. An old woman holds a large basket. On a wooden bench is another basket full of cockle shells

Background imageCottage Collection: Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex

Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex
Standing in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900

Background imageCottage Collection: Princess Elizabeth playing with dolls pram

Princess Elizabeth playing with dolls pram
The young Princess Elizabeth plays with her dolls pram in her miniature garden, attached to her miniature house. 1936

Background imageCottage Collection: Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey

Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
Inmates ironing clothes and linen in the laundry at the Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey, established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Background imageCottage Collection: Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, Leicestershire

Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, Leicestershire
A group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919

Background imageCottage Collection: Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire

Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire
The Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Background imageCottage Collection: Poplar Union Schools, Brentwood, Essex

Poplar Union Schools, Brentwood, Essex
In 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex

Background imageCottage Collection: Portmeirion - Mermaid Cottage

Portmeirion - Mermaid Cottage
The village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd - Mermaid Cottage. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975

Background imageCottage Collection: Herring boats at St Ives, Cornwall

Herring boats at St Ives, Cornwall, stored in an open space close to the beach

Background imageCottage Collection: Forty Winks by C. E. Wilson

Forty Winks by C. E. Wilson
A dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt

Background imageCottage Collection: Army airship crash at Farnborough

Army airship crash at Farnborough
An army airship, the Morning Star Lebaudy Dirigible, which crashed into Woodlands Cottage, the home of Captain and Lady Follett, at Farnborough, Hampshire, near the Farnborough to Farnham road

Background imageCottage Collection: Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

Background imageCottage Collection: Village of Moveen during the 1840 s

Village of Moveen during the 1840 s
A landscape view of the village of Moveen during the forced evictions of the 1840 s. Dwellings, some of them without a roof, appear without human habitation

Background imageCottage Collection: THE UMBRELLA COTTAGE

THE UMBRELLA COTTAGE
The quaint thatched Umbrella Cottage at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Background imageCottage Collection: Water Babies / Tom / Sweep

Water Babies / Tom / Sweep
Tom, the ragged chimney sweep at the cottage of the Irish woman

Background imageCottage Collection: Two Boys by Mill Pond

Two Boys by Mill Pond
Two little boys watch the ducks in the old mill-pond in the charming village of Swanage, Dorset

Background imageCottage Collection: Thatched Village 1930S

Thatched Village 1930S
Thatch cottages in the village of Wroxton in the Cotswolds, England

Background imageCottage Collection: Sport / Football

Sport / Football
A scene showing a section of the crowd at Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham

Background imageCottage Collection: Man riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle

Man riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle
Man wearing a Union Jack hat riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle Date: circa 1980s

Background imageCottage Collection: Tredegar Union Cottage Homes

Tredegar Union Cottage Homes
The childrens cottage homes at Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, run by the Tredegar Poor Law Union. Date: circa 1907

Background imageCottage Collection: A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage

A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Background imageCottage Collection: Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex

Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Background imageCottage Collection: Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland

Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageCottage Collection: Weir on R, Maine at Drumona, Cullybackey, Co. Antrim

Weir on R, Maine at Drumona, Cullybackey, Co. Antrim - a view of a weir on the river with a cottage to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Cullybackey). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: Old Weir Cottage, R. Lagan

Old Weir Cottage, R. Lagan - a close in view of the cottage above. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: Feeding Her Pigs, a Co. Antrim Farm Scene

Feeding Her Pigs, a Co. Antrim Farm Scene - a view of a lady feeding two pigs outside a thatched cottage with a man looking on from the door. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)

Background imageCottage Collection: A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on Old Wh

A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on Old Wh
A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on an Old Wheel - a woman outside a thatched cottage with spinning wheel and three girls. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Maghery)

Background imageCottage Collection: Donkey and Creels Rosapenna, NW Donegall

Donkey and Creels Rosapenna, NW Donegall - young boy with donkey and creels outside thatched cottage. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rosapenna). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: Elgars Birthplace

Elgars Birthplace
SIR EDWARD ELGAR This small cottage in Broadheath, Worcestershire was the birthplace of Elgar. He was born here in June 1887. Date: 1857 - 1934

Background imageCottage Collection: Nath Hawthorne / Wayside

Nath Hawthorne / Wayside
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (originally Hathorne) American writers cottage, Wayside Date: 1804 - 1864

Background imageCottage Collection: Port-na-Craig Tearooms Pitlochry, Scotland

Port-na-Craig Tearooms Pitlochry, Scotland
Port-na-Craig Tearooms, Ferry Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Still (wonderfully!) still open as a Tea House although they have also diversified into (gasp...) Modern European Cuisine!

Background imageCottage Collection: Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Sidcup, Kent

Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Union cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Background imageCottage Collection: A Mountain Farm in the Mournes

A Mountain Farm in the Mournes - a view of a thatched cottage in the Mournes. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageCottage Collection: Dyeing Wool and Yarn for Donegal Homespun, Inishowen

Dyeing Wool and Yarn for Donegal Homespun, Inishowen
Dyeing Wool and Yarn forDonegal Homespun, Inishowen - a view of two men outside a thatched cottage sorting wool and yarn. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)

Background imageCottage Collection: A Turf Seller, Co. Donegal

A Turf Seller, Co. Donegal - a view of a boy and a donkey with creels of turf at the door of a thatched cottage, with a woman there. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal)

Background imageCottage Collection: The Bunnies Father Christmas

The Bunnies Father Christmas. circa 1910s



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