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Farmstead at Ludwell, ShaftesburyEnglish domestic architecture: elevations of a Farmstead at Ludwell, Shaftesbury for R.Graves Esq. From George Alfred Deans Series of Selected Designs for Country Residences, entrance lodges
Shaftesbury Home, Fordham House Technical Home - Tailors ShBoys at work in the tailors shop at the Fordham House Technical Home on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, run by the Shaftesbury Homes. Date: early 1900s
Shaftesbury Home, Fordham House - Bootmakers ShopBoys at work in the bootmakers shop at the Fordham House Technical Home on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, run by the Shaftesbury Homes. Date: early 1900s
Shaftesbury Home for Little Girls, Royston, HertfordshireInmates in the playground of the Shaftesbury Home for Little Girls, Royston. Date: circa 1908
Shaftesbury Home, SudburyInmates of the Shaftesbury Home, Sudbury, in June 1900. Date: 1900
Shaftesbury Home, Twickenham - Dining HallBoys sit at tables in the dining hall at the Fortescue House Shaftesbury Home, Twickenham. Date: early 1900s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Scullery MaidsShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls wash up in the scullery. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Homes EmigrantsA party of emigrants from several Shaftesbury Homes departing for Canada in April 1910. Date: 1910
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - LaundryShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls wash and mangle clothes in the laundry. Date: circa 1910
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Dinner TimeShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls sit at tables in the dining room. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Household WorkShaftesbury Home, Ealing - a girls scrubs the floor with brush and bucket. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - WashingShaftesbury Home, Ealing - doing washing in a large copper. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Cookery InstructionShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls receive instruction in the kitchen. Date: early 1900s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Cookery ClassShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls in the kitchen for a cookery class. Date: early 1900s
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Farm School Tailors ShopShaftesbury Home, Bisley - boys sit cross legged or at sewing machines in the Farm School tailors shop. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Bakery, Laundry and Garden BoysShaftesbury Home, Bisley - representatives of boys occupied in the homes bakery, laundry and garden departments. Date: 1890s
Wildflower by Oscar Hammerstein & Otto HarbachPromotional postcard for Wildflower by Oscar Hammerstein & Otto Harbach; music Vincent Younmans & Herbert Stothart (Casino Theatre, New York, 7th February 1923)
Tons of Money by William Evans & A T PecheyPromotional postcard for Tons of Money by William Evans and Archibald Thomas Pechey. First produced at the Opera House, Southport, 20th March and Shaftesbury Theatre, 13th April 1922
The Sunshine Sisters by Ivor Novello and Richard D RosePromotional postcard for The Sunshine Sisters by Ivor Novello and Richard D Rose. Fist produced at Queens Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 8th November 1933 and toured extensively afterwards
Princess Caprice by Alex M ThompsonPromotional postcard for Princess Caprice by Alex. M. Thompson from Der Liebe Augustin by Rudolph Bernauer & Ernst Welisch (Neues Theater, Berlin, 3rd February 1912); music Leo Fall
Oh! Oh! Delphine by C Ms McLellanPromotional postcard for Oh! Oh! Delphine by C. M. S. McLellan; music Ivan Caryll. First produced in England, Shaftesbury Theatre, 18th February 1913
The French Hospital, 172 Shaftesbury Avenue, London Date: 1909
Mr Faint-Heart by Ian HayPromotional postcard for Mr Faint-Heart by Ian Hay. First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 20th April 1931, the play deals with a romance aboard a ship cruising the Mediterranean. Date: 1931
The Midshipmaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-HallThe MidshipMaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. First produced Shaftesbury Theatre, 10th August 1931. It is a comedy with musical interludes in which a pompous economy expert Sir Percy Newbiggin
Lyric and Apollo TheatrePromotional postcard for the The Apollo Theatre, London. The Apollo is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London
Shaftesbury Homes - Shaftesbury School, BisleyShaftesbury School, Bisley, established by what became the Shaftesbury Homes charity. It later became known as the Shaftesbury House department of Shaftesbury School. Date: 1930s
Princess Louise visits Shaftesbury Homes Esher PlaceAfter a merger with the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls (Princess Louise Home) in 1935, the Shaftesbury Homes Esher Place home was renamed Esher Place
HG Copeland, Shaftesbury Homes Joint General Secretary 1890Henry G Copeland, Joint General Secretary of Shaftesbury Homes, 1890-1926. Date: 1890s
H Bristow Wallen, Shaftesbury Homes Joint General SecretaryH Bristow Wallen, Joint General Secretary of Shaftesbury Homes, 1890-1926. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Homes - Fortescue House Boys SingingBoys from the Shaftesbury Homes establishment at Fortescue House, Twickenham, singing in front of a microphone. Date: 1930s
Tailors at Shaftesbury Homes, Fordham House, LondonBoys training as tailors, some sewing by hand, others by machine, at the Shaftesbury Homes technical training school at Fordham House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Date: circa 1910
Shaftesbury Homes - Ealing House School for GirlsThe Ealing House School for Girls at Ealing, Middlesex, run by the Shaftesbury Homes from 1867 until 1930. Date: 1930s
Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Boys with DinghyBoys carry the dinghy Prince George donated by Edward VIII to the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa in 1936. Date: 1936
Shaftesbury Homes - Boys Refuge, LondonOne of the first Shaftesbury Homes establishments, the Boys Refuge at Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields. Date: circa 1857
Shaftesbury Homes Offices, LondonShaftesbury Homes Headquarters on Shaftesbury Avenue, London Date: circa 1900
Olga Brandon - Australian-born actressOlga Brandon (1863-1906), Australian-born actress, created the role of Vashti Dethic in the play Judah by Henry Arthur Jones at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Date: 1890
TS Shaftesbury - Sail makingBoys on deck making sails aboard the training ship Shaftesbury, moored off Grays, Essex. Date: circa 1903
TS ShaftesburyThe training ship Shaftesbury moored off Grays, Essex. Date: early 1900s
Compton Abbas, Ashmore, Salisbury, EnglandCompton Abbas, Ashmore, Salisbury, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Date: 1900s
The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonThe Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Camden Town, County of London, England. Midnight, getting a warm up over the gratings at the Palace. Date: 1890s
Champion Crossbred Pigs at London Cattle Show, DorsetChampion Crossbred Pigs at London Cattle Show, From Manor Farm, Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Prize Pigs fed on Thornleys Food and Exhibited by Arthur Hiscock Esq Date: 1914
W H Wigley bakery van, BirminghamW H Wigley bakery van, a Ford van shaped like a loaf of bread, Shaftesbury Bakery and Normanton Road, Birmingham. circa 1920s
Thomas Lipton launches Shamrock IV, 1914Sir Thomas Lipton photographed at Gosport in June 1914 after his fourth challenger for the Americas Cup had been christened by the Countess of Shaftesbury and safely launched in Portsmouth harbour
Silhouette portrait, Countess of ShaftesburySilhouette portrait, Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor, Countess of Shaftesbury (1875-1957), wife of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury. Date: circa 1920s
Piccadilly Circus in London, with the Shaftesbury Memorial (Eros statue)
What Piccadilly Circus looks like in the early morningA typical early morning scene in Piccadilly Circus, showing a a smart gentleman in a hansom, heading westward towards Piccadilly, perhaps from a club (the caption suggests the Garrick)
George Grenfell Glyn, Vanity Fair, CecioniGEORGE GRENFELL GLYN, 2nd Baron Wolverton (1824-1887) British Liberal politician, Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury from 1857 until succeeding his father in 1873 and entering the House of Lords
First Earl ShaftesburyANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER first earl of SHAFTESBURY statesman Date: 1621 - 1683