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Plaque to Royal Military Police, Bayeux Museum GroundsBefore D-Day the Police had to control the assembly areas for the troops waiting to cross the Channel and afterwards, in the confusion of the landings
Royal Caledonian Schools, Bushey, HertfordshireA view of the Caledonian Schools, Bushey, originally established in 1815 as the Caledonian Asylum. Date: Date unknown
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - ShoemakingShoemakers department at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Dining HallDining hall at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - CellA cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847
Shaftesbury Homes - Sudbury Hall, MiddlesexThe Sudbury Hall Home for Girls established in 1872 by the charity that became known as Shaftesbury Homes. It was located between Wembley and Harrow on the Hill. Date: early 1900s
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Stratton HallThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Children at a meal in Stratton Hall, the Homes assembly hall and dining room
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Children at Lodge and EntranceThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The children, boys in sailor suits
Stapleton Towers, AnnanStapleton Towers, near Annan, Dumfriesshire, was one of the wartime evacuation centres that Barnardos established in large country houses in Scotland. Date: circa 1923
Dutch East Indies. Ambon Island, 1612Map of the island of Amboina (Ambon) in the South Moluccas. 1612. Capital of the Dutch East Indies, colonies established by the Dutch East India Company. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE
Japan - the Foreign settlement of KobeLantern slide of the Foreign settlement of Kob鮠 When Kobe port was opened in 1868 after two centuries of isolation policy by the country
The Melbourne Club, Collins StreetBlack and white image of the members-only Melbourne Club (established 1839), Melbourne, Australia. Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 10. Date: circa 1890
Mullers No. 3 Orphanage, Ashley Down, BristolThe No. 3 orphanage established by George Muller at Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: Date unknown
Nazareth House Hostel, Longbridge, BirminghamThe Austin Motor Companys Nazareth House workers hostel at Longbridge, Birmingham. The building was originally established as a care home for the elderly by the Sisters of Nazareth. Date: Date unknown
Edward Nicholl Home for Babies, Llandaff, GlamorganshireNurses and children at the Edward Nicholl Home For Babies at Llandaff near Cardiff. The home was established in 1918 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s
Elizabeth Rye Girls Home, TorontoThe Elizabeth Rye Girls Home, Toronto, one of six established in Canada by the Waifs and Strays Society as receiving homes for the children whose emigration from Britain it organised. Date: 1920s
Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Broadstairs, KentChildren and staff at the Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Stone Road, Broadstairs. The home, originally known as the St Davids Home, was established in 1911 by the Waifs and Strays Society
Lingfield Training Colony, SurreyA view of the Lingfield training colony. It was established in 1897 by the National Christian Union for Social Service to give training in agricultural skills to unemployed men
Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird IIThe Blue Bird II -the car in which Malcolm Campbell established a new world land speed record of 245.736 miles per hour. Shown here an illustration of the exterior of the car and a cross section
Franz Graf Von ThurnFRANZ graf von THURN UND TAXIS (Ruggiano de Tassis) Italian- German entrepreneur who established communications system for the Empire, laid foundations of family fortune. Date: 16TH CENTURY
Barnabys LibraryThe Georgian shop at 19 Rathbone Street (off Oxford Street), London, which housed Barnabys Picture Library (established 1931) from 1969 until it closed in 2001. Date: 1969 - 2001
Shirley Schools, near Croydon, SurreyThe entrance (left) tot the Shirley Schools on Wickham Road, Shirley. The Schools were established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Grand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse with her sonsGrand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse, formerly Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871-1937), second wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse at home with her two sons, George Donatus (left) and Ludwig
Chemist Shop / BridportBeach and Company dispensing chemists and druggists, established 1788, in Bridport, Dorset, England. Formerly the the Old George Inn where Charles II stayed in 1651
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, DerbyAdvertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses
Russia / 1918 / Cheka PrisonPrisoners held by the Cheka, a secret police force established in December 1917 to investigate counter- revolutionary crimes
Rafael CarreraRAFAEL CARRERA Guatemalan revolutionary and statesman, president who established Guatemalas independence but pursued conservative policies
Alien EntityGreen-skinned alien visitor, similar to the greys who have subsequently established themselves as the most frequently-reported visiting aliens
Letter box at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor, DevonClose-up of the letter box at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letter box, established there in 1854. Date: circa 1960s
Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck Inspecting WaC (India)Photograph: Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck Inspecting Members of the Womens Auxiliary Corps (India), 1947 (c).The Women
Besford Court College, Worcestershire - Psychological TestinA robed priest at Besford Court College, Worcestershire, conducts psychological testing on two inmates. The College was established in 1918 as an Industrial School for Roman Catholic mentally
West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial ServiceGroup photograph of a West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943 (c).The Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was established in September 1938
St Catherines Lighthouse - White Light House on right. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. St. Catherines Lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouse locations in Great Britain
English Cathedrals - Elgin Cathedral - Ruined structure. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Elgin Cathedral is a historic ruin in Elgin, Moray, north-east Scotland
East Africa - Agency Building - white single-storey building workers sitting outside. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa
Bristol Stoke Park ColonyA view of the Stoke Park Colony for mentally defective children, near Stapleton, Bristol. The institution was established in 1909 by the Rev Harold Nelson Burden
Junipero Serra (1713-1784). Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California. Gallery of the illustrious sons. Mallorca. Balearic Island. Spain
Santa Barbara Mission, California, USAThe Franciscan Santa Barbara Mission, California established in 1782. A monk stands in the cloisters. Date: circa 1895
The Gardens, BostonBoston Public gardens were established in 1837 after philanthropist Horice Gray petitioned for the use of the land as a public botanical garden
Boston HarbourDiscovered in 1614 Boston harbour played an important role in American history. By 1660 almost all imports came through this greater boston area
Charlemagne CrownedCharlemagne has already established a court at Aachen, but now he travels to Rome to be crowned Carolus Augustus, Emperor of the Romans, by pope Leo III. Date: 25 December 800
Saint Bernard of ClairvaSAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX French religious who established the monastery at Clairvaux, and who promoted the Crusades Date: 1090 - 1153
William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of RiponWilliam Boyd Carpenter (1841-1918), Bishop of Ripon. Date: 1841-1918
GFS Home of Rest, SouthportThe Home of Rest established by the Girls Friendly Society at Southport Lancashire
Sheriff William WatsonWilliam Watson, Sheriff of Aberdeen, established several schools of industry in the city - fore-runners of the national Industrial School system
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - UniformsStaff and inmate uniforms at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - School roomPartitioned classroom seating at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of WightA cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847