Oldest Collection (page 6)

The Golden Cross Inn, Cornmarket, Oxford, England, is the site of the oldest pub in the city. Its landlord was prosecuted for selling blackmarket wine in 1285! Date: 1950s

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in England, founded for the monks from Savigny by Roger de Clinton in 1135. Date: founded 1135

Oldest House in Wales
The Aberconway, an ancient timbered building in Conway, north Wales, which claims to be the oldest house in Wales. Built c. 1300, a fine example of medieval architecture. Date: early 14h century

Exeter Tudor House
Tudor House, Tudor Street, Exeter, Devon, England, the oldest private house in the city. Date: 16th century

Bristol Theatre Royal
The Theatre Royal, King Street, Bristol, England, beloved by David Garrick and the oldest working theatre in Britain. Date: built 1766

Cathedral Porto Bello, the oldest church in the Americas

Hotel Central, Panama City
Hotel Central, Cathedral Park, Panama City, the oldest and most famous and best located first class hotel in Panama city

Chepstow Castle, Gwent, Wales
Edwardian woman at Chepstow Castle, overlooking the River Wye at Gwent (formerly Monmouthshire), Wales. Building began in the 11th century

The Cathedral, oldest building in Panama

Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai, Thailand
View of two buildings of Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Construction of the temple began in the late 13th or early 14th century

Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos. Built in 1818 in Siamese style, it is probably the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane

Golden statues at Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Golden statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) at Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos

Church at Nata, oldest in the republic of Panama

Pringle advertisement
Pringle of Scotland is one of the oldest luxury good labels in the world and was founded by Robert Pringle in 1815. Here they are advertising their sweater collection

Historic buildings, Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand
Three historic buildings at Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand. On the left is New Zealands oldest stone building, the Settlers Store, a storehouse dating from 1835

Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand. This was the home of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby (1801-1871)

Oldest brewery, Weihenstephan, Bavaria, Germany
Painting of a brewing scene on the exterior of the oldest brewery in the world, at Weihenstephan, near Freising, north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany

The Tumacacori Mission, Arizona, USA - reputedly the oldest in the country. Mission San Jos頤 e Tumacᣯ ri is a historic Spanish mission preserved in its present form by Franciscans in

Penmon Priory and Dovecote, Beaumaris, Wales. Penmon is a promontory, parish and community on the south-east tip of Anglesey, North Wales, about three miles east of the town of Beaumaris

Armenia - St. Mzchette
The oldest church in St. Mzchette, the ancient capital of Grouzie, Armenia

George Corbett, Brading Station, Isle of Wight
Mr George Corbett, who was employed all his life on the Isle of Wight railway at Brading Station. At the time of this photograph he had the distinction of being the oldest stationmaster in the world

Oldest house at Cap-Sante, Quebec, Canada
The oldest house at Cap-Sante, built in 1696, only 17 years after the town was first settled

The fort at Agra
Oldest part of the fort at Agra, India, now a UNESCO world heritage site. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here

Sopron, Hungary - House of St Michael
Old Baroque - House of St Michael in Sopron, Hungary

The Oldest Living Cricketer
Mr C. A. Absolon, still taking an active part in the game of cricket at the age of 85

The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, Cairo, Egypt
The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

Lowest level of Mesopotamias oldest city
Discoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia

The Hambledon Cricket Memorial, Hampshire, 1922
Photograph of the Memorial unveiled in 1908, by Hampshire County Cricket Captain E.M. Sprot, to mark the site of the Hambledon Cricket Club Ground (circa 1750-1787)

The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; the gallery for women
The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building has been moved around many sites

Italy San Marino
The Serenissima Repubblica of San Marino has the smallest population of any EU country, and possesses the oldest written constitution still in force

Hever Castle, Kent, 1849
Engraving of Hever Castle, Kent. The oldest part of the castle dates from 1270 and is most famous as the residence of Anne Boleyn

Step Pyramid / Saqqara
The step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the oldest stone monument in the world, built around 2770 BC

Timber-Frame / Lincoln
A timber-frame house built on a bridge in Lincoln. The house dates from 1540, but the bridge is thought to be Norman and one of the oldest in Britain

Compton Martin Church
The south aisle of Compton Martin Church, one of the oldest Norman buildings in Somerset. Note the beautiful pillar with a fluted shaft

Malta / Hagar Qim / 1909
Hagar Qim Neolithic Temple built circa 2500 BC - one of the oldest free standing structures in the world

Elizabeth Alexander 106
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Oxford-born resident of Hanway Street, Tottenham Court Road, London : she had 9 children and was supposed to be the oldest woman in England

HARROW FOURTH FORM
The famous Fourth Form, the oldest part of Harrow public boys school, was built in 1572, when the school was founded. Winston Churchill was one of the schools old boys

Harrow Old Schools, the oldest part of Harrow public boys school, was built in 1572, when the school was founded. Appropriately, it contains the History Dept.!

Corpus / Cambridge / 1907
Cambridge: Corpus Christi College Old Court (the oldest in Cambridge)

SUCCESS SAILING SHIP
British convict ship, launched at Moulmein, Burma : in 1900 she was the oldest ship afloat

Cooking an Old Lady
When the natives run short of food, they strangle the oldest and least useful woman of the tribe and smoke her; when shes cooked, they consume her slice by tasty slice

Sunbeam M. C. C. Run
A muddy scene during the Old Crocks motor cycle run, organised by the Sunbeam M.C.C. one of Britains oldest motorcycle clubs (founded 1924)

Shepherd Market
This has survived as one of Londons picturesque corners, and is favoured by the oldest profession, though heaven forbid that I should suggest that this lady is one of them

Dutch Windmill
The oldest windmill in Zaandam

Kentish Lychgate
This fine medieval lychgate at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, is reputed to be the oldest lychgate in England

Jupiter Dodoneus
ZEUS / JUPITER DODONEUS whose oracle at Dodona was the oldest in Greece : the prophecies came from the sacred oak, which is depicted here as having human form

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