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Haunt Collection

Background imageHaunt Collection: Shooters Hill

Shooters Hill is named after the archery butts located here in the 16th century : later it was a favourite haunt of highwayman, attacking travelers bound for France

Background imageHaunt Collection: Classical Myth / Lilith

Classical Myth / Lilith
LILITH, night vampire probably of Babylonian origin, supposed to haunt wildernesses. In Rabbinical writings she is supposed to have been Adams first wife

Background imageHaunt Collection: German Mountain Railway

German Mountain Railway
This steam train carries tourists up the Brocken, in the Harz mountains, once the haunt of witches (but they had to rely on their broomsticks to take them to the summit)

Background imageHaunt Collection: Man and ghost

Man and ghost
Man being followed by a hooded ghost. The figure with outstretched hands pointed at me and said: " Granby Manners, you will die in this room!" Date: 1890s

Background imageHaunt Collection: St. Margarets Bay

St. Margarets Bay, near Dover, Kent. A small bay, with a shingle beach and chalk cliffs, it was for many centuries a smugglers haunt and the scene of many shipwrecks

Background imageHaunt Collection: British Ballad, Fair Margaret and Sweet William

British Ballad, Fair Margaret and Sweet William
FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM. British ballad telling the story of Sweet William who tells Fair Margaret that he is marrying another

Background imageHaunt Collection: The Plough Kensal Green

The Plough Kensal Green
View of The Plough Inn in 1820. In the 1780s the Plough was a haunt of the artist George Morland. Date: 1875

Background imageHaunt Collection: THE OLD BULL AND BUSH

THE OLD BULL AND BUSH
Dating back to 1645, when it was a farmhouse, the building received its license to sell ale in 1721. A haunt for literary scholars and artists, including William Hogarth. Date: 1960s

Background imageHaunt Collection: MRS SALMONS WAXWORKS

MRS SALMONS WAXWORKS, Fleet Street, London : a favourite haunt of William Hogarth Date: 1711

Background imageHaunt Collection: Vampires - Lilith

Vampires - Lilith
LILITH, night vampire probably of Babylonian origin, supposed to haunt wildernesses. In Rabbinical writings she is supposed to have been Adams first wife

Background imageHaunt Collection: Coffee Room Clerkenwell

Coffee Room Clerkenwell
Coffee room by St Johns Gate, Clerkenwell - a favouite haunt of Dr Samuel Johnson

Background imageHaunt Collection: Fairies dancing on a Christmas and New Year card

Fairies dancing on a Christmas and New Year card -- The Fairies Haunt. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHaunt Collection: Byron Favourite Place

Byron Favourite Place
A favourite haunt while he was a schoolboy at Harrow Date: circa 1800

Background imageHaunt Collection: King & Eight Bells Pub

King & Eight Bells Pub
The King and Eight Bells public house, Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, once a popular haunt of Londons artistic Bohemian set. Date: 1930s

Background imageHaunt Collection: British Ballad, The Eve of St. John

British Ballad, The Eve of St. John
THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN. British ballad written by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Background imageHaunt Collection: Le Cour Des Miracles

Le Cour Des Miracles
Le cour des miracles - the haunt of beggars, who were miraculously cured every evening, only to recover their afflictions the next morning

Background imageHaunt Collection: Haunted by Drink, 1873

Haunted by Drink, 1873
Ten thousand devils haunt him, day and night; haunt him alike in darkness and in light : the torment of a drunkard portrayed

Background imageHaunt Collection: Byron at Harrow

Byron at Harrow
As a schoolboy at Harrow, his favourite haunt was the churchyard, where he liked to lie on this tomb in a picturesque and romantic manner


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