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A Game of Bowls, Britain, 1903Photograph showing an English gentleman about to deliver his bowl during a game of lawn bowling, 1903. Fellow players and spectators closely watch his technique
A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
View of Tulloch Castle, Scotland, with pipersView of Tulloch Castle in the town of Dingwall in the Highlands of Scotland, at the time of a royal wedding between Dom (Prince) Miguel of Braganza (1878-1923), Duke de Viseu
Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937
First airmail letter delivered, Windsor CastleThe first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle
Gentleman with shire horse, Mid WalesA gentleman holding the reins of a shire horse in front of a house, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. A little girl watches from a distance
Poster, Ransomes Lawnmowers, sold by Broughton & Wilks, Banbury. circa 1900s
Frank RiseleyFrank Lorymer Riseley (1877 - 1959), British tennis player. Date: 1904
Lawn Terrace, Silloth, Cumbria. Date: circa 1910
Salisbury Cathedral 1924Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire
Ransomes Lawnmowers AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for an Ideal Homes Exhibition stand for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd. promoting Ransomes Lawnmowers. The image shows a decorative green model on a tidy lawn
Little girl playing in a garden by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a red smock standing in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Essex County Asylum, Brentwood, EssexThe Essex County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1853 at Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex. It later became Brentwood Mental Hospital and then Warley Hospital
Union Workhouse, Bagthorpe, NottinghamFront entrance of the Nottingham Union Workhouse at Bagthorpe, Nottingham, with staff seated outside. Designed by Arthur Marshall
A Game of Bowls, England, c. 1872Engraving showing a close game of bowls on a bowling lawn somewhere in England, c.1872. Four players appear to be vigorously contesting the result
Lawn Mower Advt, 1884British advertisement for a lawn mower and garden roller
Some English lawn tennis playersA group of English tennis players. From left at top: E. d S. H. Browne, Rev. J. T. Hartley (Wimbledon Champion 1879, 1880), C. W. Grinstead, Miss Maud Watson (Lady Champion, 1884), H. F
The Berkshire County Asylum, Moulsford, WallingfordThe Berkshire County Lunatic Asylum at Moulsford, near Wallingford. Later known as the Berkshire Mental Hospital, it was renamed Fairmile Hospital in 1948
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield - devised, developed and popularised the game of lawn tennis in the early 1870s. 1881
Manchester, England - Piccadilly GardensManchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s
Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain GerbaultFront cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying
Centre Court, WimbledonOverhead view of the famous Centre Court at Wimbledon - the Lawn Tennis Championships being one of the highlights of the summer sporting calendar. Date: 1927
Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West AfricaFourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society as an Anglican missionary school, it is the oldest university in West Africa
Witanhurst tennis gameJudges playing tennis internationals at Lady Crosfields house Witanhurst in Highate Village, north west London. Here the first fixture of the newly formed Bar Lawn Tennis Association is seen in
Hayley Mills in The Chalk GardenThe young British actress Hayley Mills (b.1946) during the filming of The Chalk Garden, released in 1964. Date: 1963-1964
Advert for Ransomes lawn mowersAn advertisement for Ransomes lawn mowers, showing three different products available. Date: 1883
Three Counties Asylum, Arlesey, BedfordshireThe Three Counties asylum at Arlesey (misspelt on picture), near Stotfold, Bedfordshire, opened in 1859, serving Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire
Heath Robinson CartoonCartoon, All for Lawn. A few timely suggestions for levelling our lawns in preparation for the coming tennis season. Groundsman flattening grass
Wimbledon / Semi-Final 81Lawford versus Renshaw in the fifth round of the all-comers match at the Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon
Page of Victorian adverts - 1890Various adverts for The Graphic, May 1890. May 1890
Photo of Lawn Mower 1930Two men riding on a lawn mower Date: circa 1930
Inveralmond House, Perth, ScotlandView of Inveralmond House, Perth, Scotland
National Childrens Home (NCH) Milton School, FarnboroughBoys on the lawn at the Milton Industrial School run by the National Childrens Home (NCH) in Farnborough, Hampshire. In 1933, the establishment became Milton Approved School
Little girl watering flowers by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s
Miss Kathleen McKane, tennis playerMiss Kathleen McKane (Kitty McKane Godfree) (1896-1992), tennis player, Englands lawn tennis hope, and rival to the French player, Suzanne Lenglen
Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon 1887A page of vignettes from the 1887 Wimbledon Championships in London SW19 including the champion H.F. Lawford, E. Renshaw, C.Cole and that years ladies winner taking centre page, Miss Lottie Dod
1958 Tatler cover: fashionable lady in a parkShes happy because shes going away this weekend-and she has no cares about humping heavy luggage. Everything shes taking with her-bar the Borzoi-will fit into two small cases.The dress she wears for
Kew Gardens, with PagodaA View of the Lake & Island seen from the Lawn with a distant prospect of the Temples of Arethusa and Victory, & the great Pagoda in the Royal Gardens at Kew
Lawn Mower Advert C1890British advertisement for a lawn mower
Lawn tennis at Wimbledon 1877Lawn tennis at Wimbledon - match for the inaugural Championship held in July 1877. 1877
George Eliot / RosehillGEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Home of the English novelists friends, the Brays, at Rosehill, near Coventry Date: 1819 - 1880
Tennyson FarringfordAlfred lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the poets home at Farringford, Isle of Wight
Middlesex Hospital Garden, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker and BogieIllustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker subjecting a small dog called Bogie to a nightly ordeal, holding her collar in his mouth and dragging her round the lawn on her back. Date: 1927
Residence of Bing Crosby, Beverly Hills, California, USAResidence of the film star Bing Crosby, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: 20th century
Mr Morrison and his aeroplane on Hove Lawns, Brighton
London / Temple GardensSun patterns cast by young trees and iron railings on the lawn at Temple Gardens, London, England. Date: 1930s
Soundwell DemoA typical local meeting supporting the Cause - participants in a protest meeting at Soundwell, Avon, pose for their photo on the lawn of the Salem Chapel