District Collection (#46)

Sheep Auction, Lakes
Sheep auction, Lake District Date: 1959

French Country Vet
The village doctor in this French country district turns his hand to veterinary work, purging a cow as he might do its owner Date: 1837

View of Chee Dale, Derbyshire
View of Chee Dale in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Date: circa 1920

Pic Tor and Riber Castle, Matlock, Derbyshire
View of the Pic Tor War Memorial (centre, built in 1922) and Riber Castle on the distant horizon, overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1920s

View of the Serpentine Walks, Buxton, Derbyshire
View of the Serpentine Walks in the town of Buxton, in the Derbyshire Peak District. The walks were originally landscaped by Joseph Paxton in the 19th century. Date: circa 1920

Setting out on Journey
A tourist sets out to visit the country on horseback. Dr Syntax proposes to visit the Lake District, then as now a favourite tourist destination. Date: 1812

View of the Via Gellia in the Derbyshire Peak District
View of the Via Gellia, a wooded valley and road (now the A5012) in the Peak District near Cromford, Derbyshire. It is probably named after the builder of the road, Phillip Eyre Gell (1723-1795)

Waihi, New Zealand
District High School in Waihi, New Zealand

District Asylum, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
A view of the District Lunatic Asylum at Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

Entrance to Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The entrance and receiving block at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. A woman in uniform and a boy stand on either side of the archway

Boiler Room, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The boiler room at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The schools engineer and four young helpers stand alongside massive lumps of coal

Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building

Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
Four young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet

Group of girls at Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
A large group of girls at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical smock dresses, pinafores and straw hats

Poor children in a South Wales mining district
A group of poor children with bare feet photographed on the street in a South Wales mining district

Five children in a South Wales mining district
Five children, four boys and a girl, photographed in a South Wales mining district. They possibly belong to a Dr Barnardos orphanage

Neglected boy from a South Wales mining district
A neglected boy from a South Wales mining district. Images like this were copied by W E Jones for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union

Union Workhouse, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
In 1884, the Burton-upon-Trent Union opened a new workhouse on Belvedere Road at Outwoods. The building was designed by JH Morton of South Shields and built by the Messrs Walker and Slater of Derby

Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse

Cooks Motor Tours, Great Britain and Ireland
Cover illustration for Cooks Motor Tours of Great Britain and Ireland, showing an open topped motor coach driving along a road by the side of a lake on a sunny day in an English Lake District scene

Ashford Schools, Surrey
Located on Woodthorpe Road, at Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, and opened in 1872 as the West London District School, it provided accommodation away from the workhouse for pauper children from

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gymnasium
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gym team
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, boys group photo
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Woman in Traditional Cretan Dress - from the Anogia district of Crete

Cherat - North West Frontier Province
Post and Telegraph Office at Cherat - a hill station in Nowshera District in the North West Frontier Province (now Pakistan)

Monaco - Monte Carlo - The Princes Palace and the Condamine (the second oldest district in Monaco)

General view of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
A general view of the central business district of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, with a boat travelling across the harbour

Thames Street, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Old historic buildings in Thames Street, in the business district of Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand

Merin - Czech Republic
Merin - a small town in Zdar nad Sazavou District in the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic

Girl in traditional Czech Costume / Cesky Tesin
Cesky Tesin - a town in the Karvina District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Tesin and lies on the west bank of the Olza River

Moravany - Czech Republic

Novy Hradek - Czech Republic
Novy Hradek - a market town and municipality in Nachod District in the Hradec Kralove Region of the Czech Republic

Karakoy Place - Constantinople
Karakoy, the modern name for the ancient Galata, is a commercial neighborhood in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul, Turkey

Lake Windermere, Cumbria - Sailing
Rounding a buoy during a sailing race on Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Hakone, Japan
A view of a street in Hakone, Japan - Hakone is in the Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass

Richardsons Original Musical Stones - on display in Keswick Museum and Art Gallery in Cumbria. Joseph Richardson (b. 1790), a stonemason and gifted amateur musician from Keswick

Map Cover / Snowdon
Cover design of an Ordnance Survey Map of Snowdon and District

Tunisia - Tunis - Halfaouine
The Halfaouine district in Tunis, Tunisia. Groups of men and women sit out in the street chatting on wooden chairs

St Anns Well, Buxton, Derbyshire - the well is dressed as part of the long traditional of Well Dressing in Derbyshire and the Peak District

Lake District - Cumbria - Ferry arriving at Patterdale
Lake District - Cumbria - The Raven ferry arriving at Patterdale on Ullswater

Cannon Street Station - London
The elegant facade of Cannon Street Station - London - designed by Sir John Hawkshaw and J.W. Barry. A fine building, sadly heavily damaged during the Second World War

Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief
Irregular Galata Fireman and their Boss, Kemer Alty at Constantinople. Date: 1910s

Warning notice at Keswick Station
Metal notice at Keswick Station in the Lake District, UK, warning people not to trespass on the railway line belonging to the Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith Railway Company

Henri-Louis Tolain / Gill
Henri-Louis Tolain (1828-1897) French politician, elected deputy from the Seine district, later Senator

A British Road Services truck in the Lake District
A British Road Services truck drives along a winding lane alongside Ullswater, Westmorland, Lake District. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Galata Tower and Pera District, Constantinople
The Galata Tower and Pera District, across the water, set within a border of a Mother of Pearl shell

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