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Match at Hambledon / 1777
A cricket match at Hambledon, Hampshire. The club was founded in 1750, and beat a strong All-England team in 1777. The early matches were played on Broadhalfpenny Down

Philip Neri
ST FILIPPO (Philip) NERI popular and venerated Italian preacher known as the Apostle of Rome for his skill in winning converts; he founded the Oratorian community

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. King Edwin built a small church here c. 630. St. Hilda founded a monastery in 656. The present ruined Norman Abbey was built circa 1222. Date: founded circa 656

Poster advertising Blandy Freres madeira wine. The company was founded in 1811 by John Blandy

St Albans Abbey 1802
St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire. The Abbey was founded in 793 by Offa, King of Mercia, supposedly on the site of the martyrdom of St Alban in A.D. 303

STEINLEN, Th鯰hile A Tourn饠du Chat Noir
STEINLEN, Th鯰 hile Alexandre (1859-1923). Reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret. 1896. Advertisment of the tour of this cabaret from Montmartre founded by Rodolphe Salis. Art Nouveau. Litography

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, first founded by the Norman Bishop Remigius in 1086. Date: 1940s

Montmartre / Restaurant
Chez la Mere Catherine a notable cafe on the place du Tertre, founded in 1793 and still going strong a hundred years later

Gateway, Clare College, Cambridge
An etching which shows an ornate iron gateway entrance to Clare College, Cambridge, founded in 1326, by Richard Badew. Date: circa 1920

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). Priest since 1537. Founded t
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). Spanish knight, priest since 1537. Founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Was Superior General. Saint Ignatius levitating. Engraving, 1693. Episcopal Library

Dublin / Rotunda Hospital
Originally known as The Dublin Lying-In Hospital founded in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse (designed by James Gandon)

Lincoln Cathedral 1940S
A fine overview of the city of Lincoln, England, with its majestic cathedral, first founded by the Norman Bishop Remigius in 1086

Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted
The Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Shrewsbury School
King Edward VI Grammar School, overlooking the River Severn at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was founded by the boy King Edward VI and augmented by Queen Elizabeth I Date: founded 1552

London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking
General view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912

St Matilda / Butler Lives
SAINT MATILDA Queen of Henry I of Germany, noted for her philanthropy; she founded many convents

Tatler First Issue 1709
THE TATLER Founded by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison was a major contributor. The Tatler was succeeded by The Spectator in 1711

Selby Abbey 1950S
The West Front of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England, a mixture of Norman, Gothic and Victorian architecture. Note the double decker bus, Selby to Doncaster, via Askern. Date: founded 1069

Main Office Entrance, Port Sunlight. Port Sunlight is a garden village which was founded in 1888 by Lever to house his soap factory workers

Trinity College Dublin
A glimpse of Trinity College, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1591. Our photograph shows the college green and Campanile. Date: 1960s

Grande Chartreuse (Anon)
LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE, Carthusian establishment near Grenoble, France, founded in 1084

Beverstone Castle 1732
North view of Beverstone Castle, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, a 13th century stone enclosure fortress or manor house founded by Maurice de Gaunt

Ascension Cathedral, near Omsk, Russia
View of the Ascension Cathedral, with belfry on the left, 55km south of the city of Omsk, Siberia, Russia. It belongs to the Achairsky Monastery, which was founded in 1905

Sheffield Football Club, 1874
Engraving of the Sheffield Football Club team, seen at the end of the 1873-1874 season. Sheffield FC was founded in 1857 and is, reputedly, the oldest club in the world

Saint David
SAINT DAVID (DEWI SANT) Patron saint of Wales who founded a monastery in the area of Pembrokeshire now named after him. His feast day is 1st March

Elizabeth Ann Seton
ELIZABETH ANN SETON (nee Bayley) American saint : widowed, she converted to Roman Catholic church, founded religious order and church schools

Hedwig of Silesia
SAINT HEDWIG (or JADWIGA) at age 12 marries herzog Heinrich von Schlesien, and at his death enters the Cister- -cian monastery they founded. She performs many miracles

Saint Clare and Sisters
CLARA (Clare) of ASSISI Italian friend and follower of Francesco d Assisi, she founded the order of Poor Clares : she performed several useful miracles

Aristippus of Cyrene
ARISTIPPUS OF CYRENE Greek philosopher, studied under Socrates, founded hedonist school advocating the (prudent) pursuit of pleasure

Margram Abbey Church
Margram Abbey church, near Port Talbot, Wales, a Cistercian monastery, founded by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, dedicated to St. Mary. The two towers were added later. Date: founded 1147

Greycoat School, London
Greycoat Place, Westminster : A charity school founded for the education of poor boys and girls

Memorial Home for Crippled Children, Rochdale, Lancashire
Small children stand outside the Memorial Home for Crippled Children at Rochdale. The home, built in the arts and crafts style, was founded in 1913 by Walter Scott in memory of his wife, Ellen

Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill
A view of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill, Surrey, founded in 1847. It later became known as the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Date: circa 1854

Gyde Orphanage, Painswick, Gloucestershire
The Gyde Orphanage was founded by a legacy from Edwin Francis Gyde. It was later taken over by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Date: circa 1920

Reconstruction of the Templo Mayor complex in the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, founded in 1325

Sir Andrew Judde, Lord Mayor of London
Sir Andrew Judd (or Judde, c.1492-1558), merchant, six times Master of the Skinners Company, Mayor of Calais and Lord Mayor of London. He founded a school in Tonbridge, Kent. Date: circa 1600

Harris Orphanage, Preston, Lancashire
The Harris Orphanage at Fulwood, Preston. The orphanage, which opened in 1888, was founded as a result of a bequest by local solicitor Edmund Robert Harris. Date: Circa 1905

Joseph Lyne (Ignatius)
JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE known as Father Ignatius controversial Welsh churchman, founded monastery at Llanthony, believed in flat earth, etc. Date: 1837 - 1908

Birmingham General Hospital
A view of Birmingham General Hospital, founded in 1779. The institution, which was also a teaching hospital, moved to the Steelhouse Lane premises shown here in 1897. Date: circa 1905

Founding of the Jesuit Order, Montmartre, France
Foundation of the Jesuit Order in an underground chapel in the church of Saint Denis, Montmartre, near Paris. Ignatius de Loyola and six companions dedicate themselves to spread the Word of God

The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; gallery for men
The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

St Marys Home, Rottingdean, Sussex
St Marys Home, Rottingdean, a magdalen home founded in 1855 for fallen young women. Date: Date unknown

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1823-1910). British nurse and philanthropist. He organized military hospitals for the injured during the Crimean War (1854-55) and founded in London a nursery school

Waifs and Strays Society Advertisement
An appeal for funds by the Waifs and Strays Society featuring an illustration of two barefoot children in rags on a doorstep

Towcester Chantry House
The entrance to Chantry House, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, founded by Archdeacon Spence. Date: early 12th century

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

St. Mary Redcliffe
The church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, was founded in 1292 by Simon de Burton. In 1446 the spire was struck by lightning, causing considerable damage. Date: 1950s

Walsingham Shrine
The Holy Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, at Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England. This building, built on the foundations of the original shrine, was opened in 1931. Date: founded 1061

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

The Ewelme Almshouses (1 / 4)
The Ewelme Almshouses, founded in 1437 with a Grammar School attached by William de la Pole, 1st Duke and 4th Earl of Suffolk at Ewelme, Oxfordshire

Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins
A notebook and wig once belonging to the English Judge, Justice Hawkins (Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton), given to Horatio William Bottomley, Liberal MP

Jean Jaures
JEAN-JOSEPH-MARIE-AUGUSTE JAURES French socialist statesman, founded and edited L Humanite opposing militarism, assassinated

Montacute Priory 1733
South view of Montacute Priory, Somerset, England. This priory of Cluniac monks was founded by William, Earl of Moreton, brother of William the Conqueror, c. 1091 - 1102

Ghana / Elmina C1600
Port founded by Portuguese traders in 1482; also known as Fort St George

John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist
John Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist

Christie Templedean Home, Haddington
Girls in front of the Templedean Female Industrial Home for Haddington, East Lothian, one of several such establishments founded by John Christie. Date: circa 1906

St. Bartholomews Church
The Norman pillars and arches of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, City of London Founded by Rahere in 1123, one of Londons oldest churches. Date: 1930s

Roche Abbey
The ruins of the once beautiful Transcepts of Roche Abbey, south Yorkshire, England. This Cistercian abbey was founded in 1147, an was an off-shoot of Fountains Abbey. Date: 12th century

Beeston Regis Priory
The ruins of Beeston Regis Priory, near Sheringham, Norfolk, England, a small Augustinian priory, which only had one Prior and four Canons. Date: founded 1216

Archaeological Museum with sculpture, Odessa, Ukraine
View of the Archaeological Museum in Odessa, Ukraine, with a Laocoon sculpture in front (a copy -- the original is in the Vatican Museum, Rome). The museum was founded in 1825

Bank of England Founded
Proposed by William Paterson, the Bank of England is formed with Sir John Houblon its first Governor, initially located in Mercers Hall, then in Grocers Hall till 1734

Sir Alexander Fraser
SIR ALEXANDER FRASER of Fraserburgh, which he founded. Scottish landowner. Date: 1537 - 1623

Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, North Wales, was designed by architect Master James of St. George for King Edward I of England, using a concentric plan. Date: founded 1295

JUNIPERO SERRA 1713-1784
JUNIPERO SERRA Franciscan missionary in California - founded the San Carlos Borromeo Mission at Carmel

Francesco Di Paolo
saint FRANCESCO DI PAOLO Italian hermit who founded the order of Minim friars. He is credited with many miracles and had the gift of prophecy

Mission Dolores, founded 1776, San Francisco, California, USA Date: 1936

Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (1787 - 1865), British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. Date: circa 1860s

A Shady Street, Krugersdorp, South Africa
A Shady Street, Krugersdorp, a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. Date: circa 1936

France. Abbey of Saint-Riquier (Abbey of Saint-Richarius). Founded by Saint Richarius circa 625

Solemn reception of a bishop. Arrival of Gaugericus
Gaugericus (ca. 550-626). Bishop of Cambrai. Solemn reception of a bishop

Reception of a knight of the Order of Saint Michael
Reception of a knight of the Order of Saint-Michel (Order of Saint Michael), French military order founded by King Louis XI (1423-1483) in Amboise on 1 August 1469. Engraving by J

Paris, France. Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Founded in the 6th century by the Frankish King Childebert I (497-558). View of the East side of the abbey as it stood in 1361

Paris, France. Facade of the former church of the Abbey of Saint Genevieve. Founded by Clovis I around 502, it was rebuilt between the 11th and 13th centuries

United States, Ohio, Gambier. Kenyon College
United States, Ohio, Gambier. Old Kenyon at Kenyon College. It was founded by Bishop Philander Chase in 1824

United States, Ohio, Gambier. Kenyon College - Traversier
United States, Ohio, Gambier. Old Kenyon at Kenyon College. It was founded by Bishop Philander Chase in 1824

Virginia, Charlottesviile, USA - University of Virginia
United States, Virginia, Charlottesviile. The University of Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by the United States Declaration of Independence

Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute - Traversier
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Founded in 1824, originally housed in Independence Hall

United States of America. Pennsylvania Hospital. Philadelphia. Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. It became one of the leading public hospitals in the country. Engraving

Russia, Moscow. View of the Foundling Home or Orphanage. Institution founded in 1763 as a project conceived by Catherine the Great and Ivan Betskoy

Russia. Moscow. The Ascension Convent. Engraving
Russia. Moscow. The Ascension Convent. Founded by Grand Princess Eudokia, the wife of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. It was built near the Spasskaya tower of the Moscow Kremlin

Russia, Tobolsk. Historical capital of the Siberian region, founded in 1587. Engraving by Lemaitre, Danvin and Lejeune. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870)

Spain, Andalusia, Granada. Royal Hospital. It was founded by the Catholic Monarchs who comissioned the building in 1504. Designed by the architect Enrique Egas, it was built in 1511

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