Places Collection (page 7)

Motor Show at Olympia 1907
Sixth International Motor Exhibition, held at Olympia, under the auspices of the Society of Motor Manufactures and Traders. November 1907

Two soldiers on the Chelsea Embankment 1882
After the review: Waterloo and Tel-el-Kebir: a sketch on the Chelsea Embankment of two soldiers of very different vintages walking together. Date: 1882

Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, originally the home of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II, and the inspiration for Miss Pinkertons Academy in Thackerays Vanity Fair

Queen Astrid steamer on the Congo River
Page from The Sphere reporting on the steam Queen Astrid, one of the flagships of the Congo River. It was timber-burning and made two trips up river every month. Date: 1953

International Exhibition, Horticultural Society Gardens 1865
International Exhibition of fruit and vegetables at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, South Kensington, London. 1865

Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, circa 1920s
Street scene showing Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, circa 1920s. Chas Clark and sons garage and coach builders can be seen on the corner Date: c. 1920s

Newcastle Road, Stamfordham, Northumberland, circa 1920s
Street scene showing a wide road with an early motor car and houses at Stamfordham, a village in Northumberland. Date: 1920s

The suggested enclosure of Box Hill, Surrey. Also pictured is The White Horse at Dorking(1), Deepdene(3), the garden of the Burford Bridge Hotel(4) and the view from the top of Box Hill

Sir Philip Sassoons home, 25 Park Lane: the library
The Park Lane home of British politician Sir Philip Sassoon(1888-1939), decorated in the French style. Pictured here is the library

The Royal Naval College at Osborne 1905
In 1903, part of the estate, the Stable Block being the hub, became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne

Automobile exhibition 1905
General view of Cordingleys motor show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London. 1905

Automobile exhibition 1903
General view of the motor show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington in London, organised by the Automobile Club. circa 1903

Motor show at Olympia 1905
General view of the motor show at Olympia. 1905

Motoring show at Olympia 1905
Photograph of the exhibition at the Olympia, London, showing stands displaying the latest automobiles. 1905

Stanley Cycle Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall 1905
Photograph of the exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, showing stands displaying the latest bicycles. Date: 1905

Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899
Standing for Hire, Stratford-upon-Avon, said to be the largest fair in England, regarded by the agricultural class in the district as the chief holiday of the year

Knutsford, Cheshire, Royal May Day Festival 1902
May Day Festival in Knutsford, Cheshire town, taking place every year, were children dress-up in costumes, shepherdesses, milkmaids and folkloric figures like Robin Hood, Little John and Maid Marion

Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902
Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire
Aldershot, Hampshire, Queens Avenue. Date: circa 1914

General view of the motor show at Olympia. Date: 1910

Interior of the free public Library and Museum, Liverpool. Date: 1875

Advert for Mappin & Brothers cutlery 1891
Advertisement for Mappin & Brothers, showing the exterior of the factory in Sheffield, where you can buy your cutlery at the manufactures direct or have it repaired, replated and re-bladed ect. 1891

Messerschmitt Bf 109E Black 12
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3-B (werknummer 4101) Black 12 of the RAF St. Athan RAF Museum Reserve Collection outside the Museum on RAF St. Athan East Camp

A topical page from The Graphic, entitled "The mystic city of Mosul
A topical page from The Graphic, entitled " The mystic city of Mosul." Asking if " a settlement with the Turks is in sight

In Hammersmith Road, West London situated the fourth of the series of Rowton Houses, a poor mens hotel, for sixpences per night. Photograph showing the courtyard where the lodgers can relax

Outdoor market selling fruit and vegetables in Shrewsbury. Date: 1845

Stoneleigh Abbey is the largest house in Warwickshire, England. The impressive facade of the West Wing dates from 1726 and was designed by Francis Smith of Warwick. Date: 18th century

Johns Wesleys Chapel and Statue in Broadmead, old Britol, Gloucestershire, England, the first Wesleyan (Methodist) chapel in the world. Date: built 1739

A photograph of Ann Hathaways Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-on-Avon. The cottage remained the property of the Hathaway family until 1838. Date: 16th century

Ye Red Spider Tea Rooms, Church Street, Rickmansworth. Date: 1916

RICHARD WAGNER German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth, seen from the front Date: 1813 - 1883

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth, seen from the garden

The government declares that the nation is in danger and this is reinforced by public manifestations in all the public places of Paris on the 22 July, with guns firing Date: 11 July 1792

The Little Church Around the Corner Date: 1944

Church by Moonlight Date: 1948

First Church of Christ. Boston. Date: 1935

Hotels on the route of the London-Geneva Pass Road
Recommended Hotels on the route of the London-Geneva Pass Road - selected for quietness, good food and reasonable prices. This particulr card was from the Grand Hotel Ripotot at Champagnole

Haworth Parsonage
View from the churchyard of the Haworth Parsonage, in West Yorkshire, at the time of the Brontes. Date: 19th century

The church of St Mary Mortlake, 1897
The church of St Mary Mortlake, south west London, as seen in 1897. Date: 1897

St Annes Church, Kew, 1897
The west front of the church of St Anne at Kew, pictured here in 1897. Built in 1714, in the last year of Queen Annes life, it was dedicated to her namesake St Anne in her honour. Date: 1897

Graves at St Annes Church, Kew, 1897
The tomb of artist Thomas Gainsborough(1727-1788) seen enclosed with rails in the foreground of this sketch, in the churchyard of St Anne at Kew, in 1897.The chest tomb of Thomas Gardiner (d.1738)

Twickenham Church from the River Thames, 1897
The church of St Mary the Virgin at Twickenham, as viewed from the river, 1897. Date: 1897

Glasgow Parkhead industrial area, 1896. Date: 1896

St Mary Twickenham Church, 1897
The church of St Mary the Virgin at Twickenham, 1897. The 60 foot flint and stone medieval tower, built in the perpendicular style, can be seen here, along side the later neo-classical building

St Mary Magdalene Church, Richmond, 1897
The exterior of the church of St Mary Magdalene at Richmond, London, 1897. Date: 1897

Petersham Church, Richmond upon Thames, 1897
The Parish Church of St Peter, Petersham, Richmond upon Thames. Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798) the English navigator, is buried in the churchyard here. Date: 1897

The Merchants Refrigerating Co. building, 35 North Moore Street, New York, pictured circa 1905. The building today has been converted into apartments, and is known today as the Ice House. Date: c

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