Isles Collection

WW2 Poster -- Map of the British Army
A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours, Military Achievements and Regimental Badges, first published in 1944 by HM Forces Savings Committee

Viking Britain Map
A map of the British Isles (including Ireland) during the time of the Vikings

Geological map of the British Islands. 1941

Map / Channel Islands 18C
Map of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and the Scilly Isles

Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a gale
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a Force 8 gale. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it
Is your home here? Defend it! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster with a map showing the different regiments and HQs where men can enlist. Date: 1916

Aerial view of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Aerial view of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, between Lands End and the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, with the landing pad visible at the top. Date: circa 1970s

Aerial view of Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
Aerial view of the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

Scilly Isles, Tresco Abbey, old arches, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Wreck Chart of the British Isles For 1868
Chart showing the positions of all 2131 vessels wrecked around the British Isles during 1868, compiled from the Board of Trade records

Shetland knitter, Shetland Islands, Scotland. She is knitting as she walks along with a bulky load on her back. Date: late 19th century

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You

Isle of Bute - Rothesay, The West Esplanade
Isle of Bute (west coast of Scotland) - Rothesay, The West Esplanade

Clan Macdonald
Clan MACDONALD OF THE ISLES clad in a coat of chain-mail, the chieftain with an angry look gives orders for some miscreant to be punished

Harbour Street - Kirkwall, Orkney Islands Date: circa 1910s

Dressing Shetland Shawls
Women from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908

Falkland Isles Battle
BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS The light cruiser Kent sinks the German cruiser Nurnberg

Channel Isles Squid
Fishermen of Jersey, Channel Islands, desperately fight this giant squid, but two of them lose their lives in the battle

Summer Holidays in the British Isles
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky

Royal Air Force BAC Jet Provost T. 4 XP551
Royal Air Force Central Flying School Jet Provost T.4 XP551 ar RAF Little Rissington (then the highest operational airfield in the British Isles) Date: 1960s

Shetland Islands - Cutting a peat bank
A Crofter cutting a peat bank on The Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Rua da Calheta, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Rua da Calheta in the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Town crier, St Marys, Scilly Isles
The local town crier, Wilfred Tonkin, on St Mary s, Scilly Isles. Seen here announcing the fact that the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has taken up residence in his holiday bungalow

Map, Britain -- Spearhead of Attack, WW2. Date: 1940s

Queen Elizabeth II at Iona
The first reigning monarch to set foot on Iona for nearly a thousand years, Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Sir Charles Maclean is followed by Prince Philip

Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland
Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland Date: 1908

Lerwick - Shetland Islands - from the south Date: circa 1910s

The Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles, 1858
Engraving of the Bishop Rock lighthouse, off the Scilly Isles, October 1858. The lighthouse was built between 1851 and 1858, to a design by Mr

Quayside at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Quayside at Lerwick, main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, with fishing boats. Date: 1960s

Bishop Rock Lighthouse - Helicopter Pad at top

Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Artists impression of the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared without trace in December 1900

Gloster Meteor T. 7 WA669 27
Royal Air Force - Gloster Meteor T.7 WA669 27, of the Central flying School, at RAF Little Rissington, on 1 August 1970. (RAF Little Rissington is the highest active airfield in the British Isles)

View of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Embankment and view of the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Charles and Diana, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, on a visit to St Mary s, Isles of Scilly, with a crowd of spectators lining the street

Timber Shipwreck, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England. Date: 1910s

Peel Castle, West Quay, Isle of Man
Peel Castle, West Quay, Peel, Isle of Man, British Isles. Date: 1910s

Bonne Nuit Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, British Isles. Date: 1920s

Rough Sea in Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Shipping Shetland Ponies
Transporting a small herd of Shetland Ponies in a modest-sized sailing boat. Date: circa 1906

Scotland, Shetland Isles - Castle at Scalloway
The ruins of the Castle at Scalloway, Scotland - Shetland Isles

Unloading sheep in harbour, Shetland, Scotland
Unloading sheep in the harbour, Shetland, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis
The situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War

The Flag of Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Mavis Grind, Shetland Islands - both the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean are visible in one hot! Date: circa 1910s

Lear / Nonsense / Isles
There was on Old Man of the Isles, whose face was pervaded with smiles; He sung high dum diddle, and played on the fiddle, that amiable Man of the Isles

The Old Man of Hoy, a curious cliff formation on the west coast of the Island of Hoy in the Orkney Isles, Scotland

Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls

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