Stones Collection

Felpham Beach, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Date: early 20th century

Dovedale, stepping stones, Derbyshire, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Royal crowns and sceptre
Symbols of imperial Majesty: St Edwards Crown, with 444 precious stones, remains one of the senior Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, being the official coronation crown

Christmas Steps, Bristol
A rainy day on Christmas Steps, Bristol, England. This old thoroughfare probably took its name from a Christmas charity, which was formerly dispensed from here

Dry Stone Walling
Building a dry-stone wall in Yorkshire. The stones are sorted and graded for foundations, ties and courses which all fit together like a jigsaw

Reconstruction of the Stone circles at Avebury, Wiltshire
Reconstruction (after J. Britton) of the Stone circles at Avebury, Wiltshire - The Great stone circle, it is said, was approached by two avenues of 200 stones each

Fontainebleau Forest - Three Mausoleum Boulders
Fontainebleau Forest - Barbizon, France - The Three Mausoleums. The Forest is popular location for the climbing activity of Bouldering - the sport climbing of rocks such as this. Date: circa 1908

Teenage barmaid, Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall
Teenage barmaid at the Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Union Workhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland
People walk over stepping stones across the River Wansbeck at Morpeth, Northumberland, with the Morpeth Union workhouse towering above them (centre of picture)

Haltwhistle Milecastle
A view toward the Haltwhistle milecastle, on the southern side of Hadrians Wall. The milecastles served as stationing posts along the length of the wall system

Church at Ardington
Holy Trinity Church, Ardington, Berkshire after restoration work carried out by Joseph Clarke in 1846. Included in the drawing is the churchyard & graves

Money / Stones / Yap 1885
Two chiefs of Yap Island, western Caroline (Pacific) Islands with three huge perforated stones which were used as currency

Stepping Stones, Jesmond Dene, Northumberland
Stepping Stones, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, near Heaton, Northumberland, England. Showing Edwardian Children Date: 1907

Celebrated Diamonds
Celebrated diamonds including; Regent, Ko-hi-noor, Sancy, Eugenie and Le Grand duc de Toscane

Aubreys Plan of Avebury
John Aubreys plan of Avebury. Aubrey was an English antiquary, who suplimented his writings on sites with detailed plans and sketches

Merrivale Stone Avenue
An avenue of standing stones at Merrivale on Dartmoor

KOH-I-NOOR OR MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT Given to Queen Victoria by the East India Company after the Indian Mutiny

Garden of Mounton House, Chepstow, Gwent, Wales
A view of the garden of Mounton House in Chepstow, Gwent, Wales, with different coloured tulips in separate flowerbeds

Military badge jewellery, WW1
Advertisement for regimental badges available from the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company. Made of gold or palladium, they were set with diamonds or other precious stones. Date: 1917

Coronation regalia jewels
Page from The Sketch depicting some of the famous and priceless jewels forming the Coronation regalia of King George VI in 1937. St

Woman washing clothes in a river
A woman washes clothes in a river, using a washboard

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and Helvellyn
Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and view towards Helvellyn - Cumbria, England Date: 1908

Outdoor Curling Match on the ice at Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1907

Iran / Tomb of Cyrus
The tomb is situated south of Pasargad, placed on top of a six-stage platform, surrounded by staircases. The ceiling is covered with five huge limestone roof stones. Date: 1853

Black and white cat in backstreet, Bradford, Yorkshire
A black and white cat sits on the flagstones in a back street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Flapper headpiece 1912
Woman wearing a flapper style headpiece with cabochon stone and plumes in the centre. 1912

Stanton Drew Stones
Stanton Drew Stone Circle, ancient standing stones in Somerset, England, said to be a wedding party, turned into stone by the Devil for dancing on the Sabbath. Date: BC

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. circa 2008

Trigonometry Point
A Trigonometry Point at Buvita in the Belgium Congo, topped off with a broom!

Crowded London Housing
A landscape of working class homes in London, with a handy patch of waste ground where the wives can hang up their washing and the kids can play among the stones and refuse

Diamond Cutting
A true Representation of the Diamond Cutters Wheel or Mill

Devils Balalaika
Wedding guests of Bessarabia, Russia, foolishly dance in a graveyard, find themselves dancing to the Devils balalaika; when he stops they turn into a circle of stones

St Philomena / Vie Saints
SAINT PHILOMENA who never was : her existence arose from a mistaken reading of stones found with human remains at Rome on 25 May 1802

Knockmany Cairn, Augher, Co Tyrone - a view of inscribed stones. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Augher). Date: circa early 1900s

In the Great Stone Circle, Lough Gur, Co Limerick - an eye level view of some stones with a man for scale. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Limerick: Lough Gur). Date: circa early 1900s

Roman peasant woman carrying water, Italy Date: 1918

Kistvaen, Ossians Grave, Glenaan, Cushendall - a view of stones on the ground with a boy for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Glenaan). Date: circa early 1900s

Dolmen of Pedracabana. Catalonia. Spain
Dolmen of Pedracabana. Cabo Valley. Catalonia. Spain

Pepys / Kits Cotty / Visit
SAMUEL PEPYS Statesman and diarist, visiting Kits Cotty near Maidstone, Kent, on 24 March 1669: " I was mightily glad to see it." Date: 1633 - 1703

Lady on stepping stones
Calendar illustration of a bonnetted lady in a fine blue dress tip-toeing across stepping stones by William Barribal 1907

The Korenbeurs of Groningen, The Netherlands
The Korenbeurs of Groningen (The Netherlands) is a beautiful building on the west side of the fish market (Vismarkt). With its striking neoclassical facade

The Old Man of Hoy, a curious cliff formation on the west coast of the Island of Hoy in the Orkney Isles, Scotland

Limerick Mitre / Shaw
A precious mitre used by the Bishop of Limerick, Ireland on occasions of great ceremony. It is made of plates of gold and adorned with gems and precious stones

De Beers Diamond Mine
Washing equipment for the diamonds of De Beers mines in South Africa

Piano De Silex - 1
Honore Baudres geological piano uses a series of selected stones, each of which emits a different note when struck

Primitive Stone Age people, Kazakhstan area
Primitive Stone Age people using ancient fire lighting methods. In the background are foragers harvesting. 8700-2000 BCE

Three adder stones, also known as hag stones, witch stones, serpents eggs and snakes eggs. They are believed by some to have been formed by the secretions of snakes or adders

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning. Workers blowing molten glass into bottles and goblets in a Newcastle factory 67

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