Ruin Collection

The Beach at Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland
The Beach at Ballybunion, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Whitby Abbey (Benedictine), in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Pandora and her Box
Hephaistos created Pandora, on Zeuss orders, to bring ruin to mankind : married to Epimethus, she brought a box which when opened released all the evils

Kirkstall Abbey, near Leeds, West Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey (Cistercian), near Leeds, West Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Bolton Priory, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Bolton Priory (Augustinian), in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Scotland
Lindores Abbey - situated near the Tay, on the East side of the town of Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The best preserved structures (pictured here) are the south-west gateway (through the precinct wall)

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

The Ladder of Fortune. Industry and Morality bring solid rewards. Idle schemes and speculations yield poverty and ruin. Date: 1875

Ruins of Brambletye House, near East Grinstead, Sussex
Ruins of Brambletye House, near Forest Row and East Grinstead, Sussex, dating back to the early 17th century. Date: 1809

Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained to the Cathedal LIbrary examined by Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Entrance to Castle grounds, Dudley, West Midlands, with a statue of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, on the right. Date: 1905

IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage

London Gin Palace 1820
Tom and Jerry at a London Gin Shop, drinking Blue Ruin with a variety of fellow-customers

Ramsey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Ramsey, formerly in Huntingdonshire but now in Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1770

Chichester Cathedral - note the separate 15th-century Bell tower (right). Date: circa 1910

The Temple of Ongou Wat
The western facade of the Temple of Ongou Wat (Angkor Wat), Cambodia

Reading Abbey, Berkshire
Two horsemen stop to speak with a pedestrian, near the ruins of Reading Abbey, Berkshire (4 of 4) Date: circa 1770

Ruins of Ypres
Ruins of the cloth hall in Ypres, Belgium on the Western Front during World War I

Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus, Athens, Greece
19th century vintage photograph - Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus [Olympieion, ] Athens, Greece, c.1880

WW1 - White Chateau, Hollebeke in ruins
circa 1910s

Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940

Ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace at Milot, Haiti
The overgrown ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri I of Haiti, Queen Marie-Louise and their two daughters at Milot, Haiti

Chapel of Saint Polycarp on Mount Pagos, Izmir
Chapel to the martyrdom of (and burial place of) St. Polycarp (Bishop of Smyrna) situated on Mount Pagos (Kadifekale) close to Izmir (Smyrna) Turkey. Date: circa 1920s

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a major school fire, Hackney
A major fire destroyed over 50% of the school roof and a quarter of the first floor classrooms at the Hackney Downs School in East London

Reading Abbey, Berkshire
Sheep and cattle graze in the grounds of the ruined abbey at Reading, Berkshire (1 of 4) Date: circa 1770

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, with a camera in the foreground

Bolton Castle, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England Date: circa 1910s

Ruins of Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Ruins of the Red House, a government building in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. It was set on fire during the Water Riots in March 1903. circa 1903

Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
View of the ruins of Furness Abbey (Cistercian), Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Date: 1882

Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Scotland
View of the ruins of Melrose Abbey (Cistercian), in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Date: 1882

Ruins of the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Ruins of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany. Date: late 1940s

Hard lines on the hard court by George Studdy
Hard lines on the hard court -- the Bonzolines dig in their search for the ball, which Bonzo is holding in his mouth. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

River Tay from Kinnoull Hill, Perth, Scotland Date: circa 1890

Thurstons Billiards House, Leicester Square - Bombed - 1940
The bombed out remains of Thurstons Billiard House on Leicester Square during the Blitz on London, WWII. The corner building was hit by a parachute mine at 3:30am on 16th October 1940

Gossip about Fairies 12
On moonlit nights the fairies hold their revels, naturally choosing a picturesque castle ruin as the setting

Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Sheep by Alfred Leete
A group of tourists obediently follow a guide while visiting an ancient ruin. Date: 1929

Ilkley - West Yorkshire - Various scenes in the locality including Bolton Abbey, The Ilkley Tarn (small lake), Strid Wood and the wooden bridge above the Hebers Ghyll waterfall. Date: circa 1900

Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey (Cistercian), near Helmsley, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls (St. Pauls escape)
Damascus, Syria - Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his teachings

Scenes in Lebanon - Herods Palace, Mount Tabor, Galilee
Scenes in Lebanon (then part of the wider Ottoman Empire) including the Cedars of Lebanon, the ruins of Herods Palace in Samaria, Mount Tabor

Syria - Maaloula - Ancient Hillside town. It is known as the last surviving place where Western Aramaic (Aramaic of Jesus) is still spoken. Date: 1910

Fire at Arding & Hobbs, Clapham Junction
A fire at the Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham Junction on December 20th, 1909. The store was rebuilt and is still open to this day

Poster advertising East Indian Railway to Delhi
Poster advertising the East Indian Railway to Delhi

Bethune 1918
One of the less damaged streets in Bethune on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

Kinbane Castle / Ireland
The dramtic setting of Kinbane Castle perched on a rocky outcrop on the shores of Antrim

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