Clipart illustrations of the United Kingdom, which includes historical events and many facets of the culture and history there.
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Abbey Gate, Bury St. Edmunds
In the center of Bury St. Edmunds lies the remains of an abbey, surrounded by the Abbey Gardens, a park. The abbey is a shrine to Saint Edmund, the Saxon King of the East Angles, who was killed by the... |
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Abbey, Melrose
"As the ruins of Fountains Abbey are a memorial of the iconoclasm of the Reformation movement in England, so are the remains of Melrose Abbey a like monument of the iconoclastic phase of the Reformati... |
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Abbey, Westminster
A large church in Westminster, London, England, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminister. Traditionally, English and British monarchs are coronated and buried here.... |
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Alfred In The Herdsman's Hut
Alfred hid in the Somersetshire marsh country and was thought to be a poor individual. The herdsman's wife often told Alfred to turn the cakes on the fire.... |
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Alfred the Great
The king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Vikings.... |
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Alfred the Great
An illustration of the legend of Alfred the Great letting the cakes burn because he was preoccupied with thoughts of his kingdom.... |
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Alicant, Siege
The Siege of Alicant, Spain in 1709. Caption bellow illustration: "The mine at last blew up; the rock opened and shut; the whole mountain felt convulsion, the governor and field officers, with their c... |
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All Saints Church, Wilden, Worcestershire
All Saints Church in Wilden, Worcestershire about one mile to the north east of Stourport. It was designed by W J Hopkins with funds provided by Alfred Baldwin very close to his own home, Wilden House... |
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Armourer
An armorer, or armourer, was in former times a smith who specialized in manufacturing and repairing arms and armour. In modern usage, the word may also designate a member of a modern military or polic... |
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Arms of Canterbury
The Coat of Arms designated for Canterbury. These Arms predate the break between Rome and the Church of England.... |
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Augustine and Ethelbert
"Ethelbert met Augustine in the open air, under a tree at Canterbury, and heard him tell about the true God and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent; and, after some time, and a great deal of teaching, Ethe... |
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Aust Cliffe, Severn Estuary, Gloucetershire
Aust Cliff is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the Severn Estuary, near the village of Aust, South Gloucestershire. Its SSSI designation is due to the presence of fossil be... |
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Badge of Bath
"Collar and Badge of the Bath." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875... |
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Badge, Order of Bath
"Order of the Bath, in heraldry, etc., an order of knighthood, so called because the recipients of the honor were required formerly to bathe the evening before their creation. It was instituted by Hen... |
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Bank of England
Bank of England.... |
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Bank of England
"Liverpool Branch of the Bank of England." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910... |
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Banqueting House
"The Banqueting House, Whitehall. By Inigo Jones." —D'Anvers, 1895... |
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Barbican of Walmgate Bar
"Gate-tower or Barbican, Walmgate Bar, York, England. In medieval fortification, a tower built beside or over a gate, as of a city, etc., for the purpose of defending the passage." -Whitney, 1911... |
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Barton Church, Tower of
"Tower of Earl's Barton Church, Northhamptonshire." —D'Anvers, 1895... |
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Bath Abbey (Cathedral) Church
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, reorganized... |
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Bath, Order of the
Collar and badge of the Order of the Bath. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I.... |
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Battle Abbey Gateway
In 1070 Pope Alexander II ordered the Normans to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of England. So William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings h... |
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Battle of Azincourt
The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France. Henry V'... |
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Battlefield Church, Shrewsbury
It was roughly here that the Battle of Shrewsbury of 1403 took place. A church, commonly known as "Battlefield Church", but officially St. Mary Magdalene Church, was built in memory of the thousands w... |
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Becket, Death of
"Death of Becket. During the early years of the reign Thomas A. Becket, as the king's chancellor, had shown great zeal in his cause, but, being appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, he devoted ... |