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Kendal Road in Bowness-on-Windermere captured around 1900 compared to its view today.The historic street dates back to t...
08/24/2025

Kendal Road in Bowness-on-Windermere captured around 1900 compared to its view today.

The historic street dates back to the 19th century, and it played a vital role in the town’s development as a Victorian tourist destination.

A horse and carriage outside St James’s Palace in London in 1902, compared to the same view today.Built by King Henry VI...
08/24/2025

A horse and carriage outside St James’s Palace in London in 1902, compared to the same view today.

Built by King Henry VIII between 1531 and 1536, it's one of the city’s oldest royal residences.

Here's how Shrewsbury Prison looked in 1796 (228 years ago) - and here's how it looks today.Originally built in 1793, it...
08/24/2025

Here's how Shrewsbury Prison looked in 1796 (228 years ago) - and here's how it looks today.

Originally built in 1793, it was the site of numerous executions, with the last hanging taking place in 1961. Early on, inmates also endured overcrowded, damp and poorly ventilated cells.

Ashridge House engraved in 1826 to its appearance today.It began as a monastery in 1283, later becoming a royal residenc...
08/24/2025

Ashridge House engraved in 1826 to its appearance today.

It began as a monastery in 1283, later becoming a royal residence where Princess Elizabeth was held under arrest in 1554. Rebuilt in grand Gothic Revival style in the early 1800s, it has since been a stately home.

We visited Montacute House in Somerset earlier this week and captured this photo, in comparison with an engraving from 1...
08/24/2025

We visited Montacute House in Somerset earlier this week and captured this photo, in comparison with an engraving from 1840 from the same spot.

This stunning Elizabethan mansion, constructed in 1598, is possibly the finest surviving example of Renaissance architecture in England.

An old engraving from 1856 of St David’s Bishop’s Palace in Pembrokeshire, compared to a very similar appearance today.A...
08/24/2025

An old engraving from 1856 of St David’s Bishop’s Palace in Pembrokeshire, compared to a very similar appearance today.

After the Reformation, Bishop Barlow stripped its lead roof in 1536, leading to its decline, and by the 17th century it was largely ruinous.

The SS Great Britain, once the largest passenger ship in the world, returned to Bristol in July 1970 after being salvage...
08/24/2025

The SS Great Britain, once the largest passenger ship in the world, returned to Bristol in July 1970 after being salvaged from the Falkland Islands, where she had been scuttled (deliberately sunk) in 1937.

For more than 30 years, she sat abandoned in saltwater, exposed to the elements, storms and corrosion. Upon her eventual return on a floating pontoon, she was in a very battered condition. Conservation teams gradually restored it to recreate her original appearance. Today, it's regarded as one of Britain’s most famous and historic ships.

The Iron Bridge in Shropshire, completed in 1779, was the world’s first major bridge made entirely of cast iron.This pio...
08/24/2025

The Iron Bridge in Shropshire, completed in 1779, was the world’s first major bridge made entirely of cast iron.

This pioneering structure marked a turning point in English design and engineering. In 2019, the bridge was repainted to that original red‑brown colour, with six painters applying around 2,400 litres of paint. It's Grade 1 listed because of its exceptional historical significance.

An 1833 engraving of a local family fishing in the River Beck, under Bridge House in Ambleside, built in the 17th centur...
08/24/2025

An 1833 engraving of a local family fishing in the River Beck, under Bridge House in Ambleside, built in the 17th century.

Possibly built on a bridge to avoid land tax, this small property was originally used as a storage house, likely for apples from nearby orchards.

Burton Constable Hall in East Yorkshire, an impressive Grade 1 listed Elizabethan country house, engraved in 1827 compar...
08/24/2025

Burton Constable Hall in East Yorkshire, an impressive Grade 1 listed Elizabethan country house, engraved in 1827 compared to today.

The current house was largely built between 1560 and 1640 in an E‑shaped plan typical of the period and has remained in the same family for over 700 years.

The huge fire at Stourhead Mansion in 1902 caused significant damage, destroying much of the roof and the upper floors o...
08/24/2025

The huge fire at Stourhead Mansion in 1902 caused significant damage, destroying much of the roof and the upper floors of the historic house.

Fortunately, the core structure and many of the main rooms, including important collections and artworks, were largely preserved or later restored.

An illustration of the Benwell Vallum Crossing from Historic England shows this rare surviving Roman stone causeway, whi...
08/24/2025

An illustration of the Benwell Vallum Crossing from Historic England shows this rare surviving Roman stone causeway, which allowed access across the Vallum earthwork alongside Hadrian’s Wall.

Excavated in the 1930s, it featured a large gate and demonstrates how the Romans controlled entry to the military fort of Condercum.

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