Lyme Park

Lyme Park is a large estate located south of Disley, Cheshire. The estate is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens, in a deer park in the Peak District National Park. The house is the largest in Cheshire, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Halloween at Muncaster Castle

England Halloween Traditions England Guy Fawkes Night

England Halloween Halloween Highway in Blackpool, England

The Hermitage near Dunkeld in Perthshire ~ by john mcsporran

State trumpeters of the Household Cavalry dressed in their summer uniforms, at Wellington Barracks.

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK

London during The Great Smog of December 1952.

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Ireland

Hexham House Gardens, Northumberland, England

Fourth of June celebrations at Eton College

WHAT DATE IS FOURTH OF JUNE AT ETON? MAYBE NOT ON THE 4TH? WHAT AN ETON MESS! Fourth of June at Eton in 1932 When is Fourth of June at Eton College near Windsor Castle in Britain? Whereas Americans on July 4th mark their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and its monarch George III, students at Eton celebrate the birthday of this former king.

According to Eton’s official history, “No monarch other than the Founder showed more interest in the school, nor became more Etonian at heart than George III…In return the college deeply respected and loved the King, whose birthday, the fourth of June, was made a holiday.” It’s held annually on the Wednesday after Britain’s national May holiday. So Mad King George’s birthday could be celebrated in late May rather than on June 4th. What an Eton Mess! Actually a perfect excuse to make an Eton Mess for dessert. Eton is one of Britain’s top and most illustrious schools. It was founded in 1440 by another king – Henry VI. Nineteen prime ministers, including the current David Cameron, attended the school. Prince William and Prince Harry were also students at the boarding school. Other current well known Old Etonians are London’s mayor Boris Johnson, actors Hugh Laurie and Dominic West, and Johnnie Boden the owner of Boden clothing. The list of its past luminaries is vast including economist John Maynard Keynes and author George Orwell.

Falkland Palace, Falkland by Bob Radlinski

Exeter College Chapel, Oxford - John Piper (1977)

Rolls Royce

The Old Dee Bridge at Chester

the Old Dee Bridge at Chester (dating from 1357 when the Black Prince had it built, the Old Dee Bridge is Chester’s oldest bridge, has seven spans and stands close by the medieval weir)

Roselyne chapel,Scotland

Glasgow University West End, winter 2008, Scotland

Castle Combe the Lane by Mike Hope by Mike Hope

East Sussex, England

The White Cliffs of Dover

Inchcolm Abbey, Scotland

Hever castle

Gloucester Cathedral - cloisters

Edward III, one of England’s greatest warrior-kings.

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Dover Castle

Castell Coch

Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081, to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge. Abandoned shortly afterwards, the castle's earth motte was reused by Gilbert de Clare as the basis for a new stone fortification, which he built between 1267 and 1277 to control his freshly annexed Welsh lands. This castle was likely destroyed in the native Welsh rebellion of 1314. In 1760, the castle ruins were acquired byJohn Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, as part of a marriage settlement that brought the family vast estates in South Wales.

Canterbury Cathedral Nave by Lawrence OP

Bow Wow Lane, South Cerney, Cotswolds, England

Belfast Castle, Ireland

Belfast Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland in a prominent position 400 feet above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough.

Werburg Street, Chester - c 1911

Watching the sunset from the top of the Tor

Watching the sunset from the top of the Tor.
Glastonbury.
Zuraika Arromen Redo, 2015.

Two women rest for lunch in a Lancashire hayfield, 1928

Kodachrome photos documented everyday life of England in the early 1950s.

Chester

Johnnie Walker

Glasgow, Scotland

Travel

Puppy Love

Highclere Castle

Highclere Castle /ˈhaɪklɪər/ is a country house in the Jacobethan style, with a park designed by Capability Brown. The 5,000-acre estate is in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, about 5 miles south of Newbury, Berkshire. 

English Tea

Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, commissioned by The Queen’s Body Guard,

Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, commissioned by The Queen’s Body Guard, Royal Company of Archers to mark The Queen’s 90th Birthday in 2016. Painted by artist Nicola Jane (Nicky) Philipps.

The Queen is wearing the robes of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle and is depicted standing at the top of the staircase in Archers’ Hall. The picture includes a bust of Sir Walter Scott who was instrumental in establishing a ceremonial role for the Royal Company for the visit to Scotland by King George IV in 1822. Also included in the picture are the Colours of the Royal Company which were presented by The Queen in 1966. The portrait is full length and will hang in the dining room in Archers’ Hall.