Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, MiddlesexAerial view of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex. The building was originally the Chase Farm Schools, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Ploughing a fieldA farmer operating a hand plough, pulled by a team of two white horses. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Mass Trespass of Kinder ScoutPeak District ramblers in trouble: walking towards Kinder Scout on the occasion of their battle with the gamekeepers. The mass trespass intended to highlight the denial of access for walkers to open
Fox hunting - riders and their dogsFox hunters in traditional red jackets ride out on a hunt, accompanied by their hounds. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Coursing greyhounds. Artist: Eileen Hood. Watercolour of greyhound dogs racing through the countryside Date: circa 1922
Gypsy CaravansA group of travellers and their horse-drawn caravans/wagons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
A pair of working Shire Horses & FarmerA pair of working Shire Horses, Farmer and Collie dog. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Cricket in an English VillageA classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Fox Hunters toast a day on the hunt at their localA group of riders and their hounds toast a day at the hunt outside a local pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Countryside Flowers and ButterfliesRed Admiral and Peacock Butterflies amid a mass of vegetation including berries, rosehips, ivy and holly
Brown Owl and her Brownie packPeople You See. Brown Owl and her Brownie pack. From Teddy Bear (26 September 1964)
Recruitment poster for the RAFRecruitment poster for the Royal Air Force -- the gateway to a brighter life. The recruitment office is in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London
Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planningAn advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities
British FE2B bomber in flight, WW1A British FE2B bomber biplane in flight over fields during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980
Orient Express train in a rural settingThe Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by
Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Dandelion Clock by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration of a small child, probably a little boy in blue smock and shorts seated on a small tuffet of grass and blowing a dandelion clock while clutching a favourite doll in his other
Wild Flowers by Muriel DawsonTwo little girls walk together through a field of wild flowers
Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rakeA farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field. They stop to talk to another farmer and a young lady in white dress
Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the CountryEvacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942
Silhouettes of the Chase by H. L. OakleyTwo silhouettes cut by H. L. Oakley showing scenes from a hunt. The first shows the hunt meeting at a village pub, while the second shows them at full stretch galloping across countryside
Little Lady Bountiful - a young girl in a white summer gown offers her less well-to- do friends (one of whom has been collecting reeds) a slice of cake
Mozart and Constanze on their honeymoonWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791), Austrian composer and musician, seen here honeymooning with his bride Constanze. They married in 1782
Sopwith Camel biplane in forced landing, France, WW1A British Sopwith Camel biplane after a forced landing in a field near Noyelles-sur-Escaut, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918
The Queen with a Land-Rover at Badminton Horse TrialsThe Queen and other members of the Royal Family stand by a Land-Rover, with their host, the Duke of Beautfort, at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials. Date: 1956
Fox hunter is thrown and falls on his headA fox hunter is thrown when his horse refuses a fence, and he lands on his head in the next field
Wind Blown by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a coat and hat picks nuts from the branches of a tree which is rapidly losing its leaves in the autumnal breeze
Shepherd with sheep, horse and dogA delightful scene on a country track in Cumbria showing a lakeland shepherd carrying home a lame member of his flock, accompanied by his trusty hound and a fine white horse
Country landscape with four flying geeseA country landscape with four flying geese and the sun low in the sky
Circular countryside sceneA watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith showing a typical English rural countryside setting of a half-timbered cottage set amid fields, surrounded by fauna in the shape of a passing Cuckoo
Rural scenery with wildflowersA red Admiral Butterfly flies above a hedgerow border of wildflowers in this landscape painting by Malcolm Greensmith, encapsulating the English countryside
Edward VII Hunting BirdsEdward as Prince of Wales shooting at Birchills Wood during his visit to Chatsworth
Union Workhouse, Dursley, GloucestershireA distant view of the Dursley Union workhouse (left) from the road at Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire. The workhouse, designed by a Mr Fulljames, was erected in 1838-9
Car & Motorbike on RoadA motorcyclist and two ladies in an open saloon car enjoy a drive into the country in this advertisement for Gargoyle Mobiloils & Greases
Don Quixote and the sheepA scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title encounters a flock of sheep and thinks they are an approaching army
Lovell TelescopeThe brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope was for many years the largest in the world and dominates the Cheshire countryside for miles around. Date: 1960s
Union workhouse, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, WalesThe Pontardawe Union workhouse was erected in 1870 on Brecon Road, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales. It later became the Danybryn Hostel
Hikers by Signpost / 1935Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe
Leopardi / Villa FerrigniGIACOMO LEOPARDI Villa Ferrigni, Italy, where the Italian poet wrote Ginestra in 1836
Gamekeeper taking aim, his dog at his sideA gamekeeper in a field, taking aim with his shotgun, his dog sitting calmly at his side. Date: circa 1970s
The Butterfly by Muriel DawsonA little girl, knee deep in a field of wild flowers, picks some to make a charming bunch on which a Red Admiral butterfly lingers
One o Clock, Two o Clock by Muriel DawsonA little girl sits in a field accompanied by her pet dog and blows a dandelion clock
Backwell, SomersetAttractive rural view looking down on the village of Backwell, Somerset, near Bristol, the scene dominated by the tower of the impressive 12th century medieval Parish Church
Heavy horses pull a Timber Wagon uphill. Painting by Raymond Sheppard
A shepherd restingAn elderly shepherd rests on a small hillock with his collie dog as his sheep graze contentedly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Shooting with gun dogsTwo hunters with shotguns stand awaiting the arrival of flying game. Both are wearing traditional hunting garb of tweed and flat caps and are accompanied by their gun dogs
Shire horse drawn drayShire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith