Parish Collection

Cricket in an English Village
A classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Church Bell Ringers
Ringing the changes in the belfry of an English parish church at Christmas time

Leamington Spa / 1911
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Parish Church and Pump Room

Parish Council Cartoon
A parish council caricatured

Scotland / Lanark
The fine town of Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, showing its parish church and fine statue of Sir William Wallace, who lived here, the scene of many of his exploits. Date: 1960s

Herm, Channel Islands, Blacksmiths Cottage, La Rosiere Steps
Blacksmiths Cottage and La Rosiere Steps at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Pateley Bridge
A aerial view of Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire, viewed from the west. Landmarks include the parish church (just left of centre)

Mint Street Workhouse, Southwark, south London
View of the entrance (right of centre) to the St Saviours Union workhouse on Mint Street, Southwark, south London. Passers-by include a man carrying a small child

The Square and Gillespies Monument, Comber, Co Down
The Square and Monument to Major General Rollo Gillespie, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1904

Bradford Cathedral, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Bradford Cathedral (formerly St. Peters Parish Church), Bradford, West Yorkshire Date: circa 1907

Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, Cornwall
Adults and children dancing round a maypole in the village of Paul, near Penzance in Cornwall, with the tower of the parish church on the right. A crowd of people stand watching them

Forest Row / Sussex / 1950S
FOREST ROW This village is at the foot of the Ashdown forest

West London Union Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London
The West London Union workhouse on Cornwallis Road in Upper Holloway, North London, was erected in 1864. The architects were Searle, Son and Yelf

Kensington Infirmary, West London
The entrance to Kensington Infirmary on Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) in West London. The infirmary, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, was built in 1893 by the poor law parish of St Mary Abbots

Backwell, Somerset
Attractive rural view looking down on the village of Backwell, Somerset, near Bristol, the scene dominated by the tower of the impressive 12th century medieval Parish Church

Parish Workhouse, Winchelsea, Sussex
Winchelseas parish workhouse was located in a building on the Strand dating from around 1500

View of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, viewed from the north west. It is the parish church of Hexham, dedicated to St Andrew

Parish Church, Ballymena - a side view of the church. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Jamaica - Panorama of Mandeville
Slide showing a photograph over looking the city of Mandeville. Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.. Part of Box 108

A prospect of Port Antonio, and town of Titchfield, in parish of Portland, on the North side Jamaica, taken from Navy island

St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, London
In 1847-8 the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, south west London, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road)

Herm - Channel Islands - Belvoir Bay
Belvoir Bay at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster
A view of the buildings of the Great Coat Hospital, a charitably endowed school opened in 1701 in a former parish workhouse building on what is now Grey Coat Place, London. Date: Date unknown

Wedding of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook
Scene at the wedding reception of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook, performers in the Pelissier Follies. The wedding took place at Finchley Parish Church, north London

Alston, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. Date: 1904

The Watlington White Mark, Oxfordshire. The chalk scar was dug into Watlington Hill in 1764 to give the illusion that the town's church had a spire

Standing Stone near the Headless Cross, Parish of Cairncastle, Co. Antrim, (1841). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1841

Parish Church, Hockley, Essex
Parish Church, Hockley, near Rayleigh, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Former Bledlow parish workhouse
The former parish workhouse at Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, which later became the childrens school for the Wycombe poor law union

Crail, Fife, Scotland. Souvenir postcard showing: The Parish Church, the Harbour, the Market Gate, the Nethergate, the Market Gate (looking West) and the High Street. Date: circa 1906

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia

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

Workhouse Apprentices Handbill, Kendal, Westmorland
Copy of a handbill, thought to date from the 1820s, advertising the availability of boys and girls at the Kirkby, Kendal workhouse for being put out as parish apprentices

Easter Custom
Every Easter Eve, choirboys sing a hymn over the grave of William Hulbard, who left a guinea to the Parish Choir when he died. c. 1806, St. Mary in Arden Church, England

Herm - Channel Islands - The North West Beaches
The North West Beaches at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Parish Church, Donegal - a front view from the gates. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

Ballycarry Parish Church - a view of the church from the trees. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim; Ballycarry). Date: circa early 1900s

Parish Church, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Parish Church, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1920s

Parish Church, Croydon, Surrey, England. Date: 1912

Romford - St. Edwards Church
Romford Parish Church - London Date: circa 1905

Shere, Surrey, England - view toward the Norman Church. The gorgeous tree in the left foreground is no longer there, althougha small replacement has been replanted. Date: circa 1950s

Parish Church, Broughshane - a view of the church from an adjoining field. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Broughshane). Date: circa early 1900s

Parish church and Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall
Parish church of King Charles the Martyr and Carrick Roads (waterway), Falmouth, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Fochabers, Scotland - View from the west
Fochabers - a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland - viewed from the west Date: circa 1908

Neville Hall, Ulverston

Beating the Bounds Boats
ENGLAND - BEATING THE BOUNDS Choirboys and dignitaries sailing down the Thames in rowing boats, en route to St. Clement Danes for the beating the parish boundaries ceremony Date: early 1930s

Beating Bounds, 1930
ENGLAND BEATING THE BOUNDS Cheerful choirboys pose with rods prior to beating the parish boundaries at Lincolns Inn, London Date: 1930

Petworth Church 1940S
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth, West Sussex. The original building dates back to the 14th century, extensively rebuilt in 1827 by Sir Charles Barry

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