Cobbles Collection

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Trastevere, Red Vespa

Robin Hoods Bay
A boy runs ahead of his grandparents to the beach at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, a charming old town from whence, legend has it, Robin Hood escaped by sea

St. Marks Church and cobbles of the Square in Zagreb, Croatia
St. Marks Church and cobbles of St. Marks Square in Zagreb, Croatia

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

Serbia - Belgrade - Terazije Square - The central square of the Serbian capital. Date: circa 1910s

Berwick High Street
The High Street and Town Hall at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, looking very appealing, with few cars and not too busy

Boy and Bicycle by the River Severn
A boy and his bicycle on the banks of the River Severn at Bewdley Bridge, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

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Ireland, County Dublin, Dublin City, Temple Bar traditional Irish public house on street corner with cobbled street

Parisian cafe, Paris, France, Europe

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Radcliffe Camera with cyclist, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London
A wonderful colour postcard of the suburbs of London in the early 1900s - a tram approaches The Bakers Arms Public House in Leyton

East Croydon Railway Station Date: 1905

St Austell, Cornwall
Street scene in Saint Austell, Cornwall, with the church tower rising above the other buildings

Turkey / Izmir / Street / C19
A man leads his donkey and camels along a narrow street in Izmir. Date: 19th century

Parisian cafe and street scene, Paris, France, Europe

Court Cocking, St Ives, Cornwall. 1890
Four people on the steps flanking Court Cocking. Photographer: Edward Ashton

Austin-Healey 3000 Pat Moss

Rennes, France. Visitors enjoy the streets of Rennes historic quarter

The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, Where Coachmen Drink No More, c1935. Creator: Unknown
" The Grenadier" in Wilton Mews, Where Coachmen Drink No More, c1935

Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire UK
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Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Paris Cafe Ext. 1928
Customers enjoying themselves reading newpapers and drinking glasses of red wine outside a typical Paris Cafe

Man and Woman of Friesland (Holland). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

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Looking north down Healey Wood Road, Burnley, Lancashire, showing partially demolished terraces in the foreground and Healey Wood Mill in the distance

Coronation Street producer Susi Hush on the set of the soap. 14th August 1974

Courtyard in Newlyn leading through to Myrtle Cottage, Fred Millard (1857-1937)
Oil on panel, Newlyn School, around 1890. This painting depicts the courtyard of Myrtle Cottage, where the female students of Stanhope Forbes painting school lodged before the First World War

Cottages on West Looe Hill, West Looe, Cornwall. 1961
A view of cottages on West Looe Hill including properties called (in 2017) Ifor, Cauldron Cottage, Trevale, Mornessa, The Binnacle, Compass Cottage, Gulls Cottage, Chy-An-Nor and Fiddlers Elbow

Cafe and street scene in Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

Clepington Road, Dundee, Scotland Date: circa 1910

Granite paving laid in a circular pattern. Photographed in Dusseldorf, Germany

Joseph Yates Ltd - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road
Joseph Yates Ltd - Timber Merchant - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Mostar - taking coffee
Women taking coffee sat on the cobbles in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Houses on Cobbled Street
A woman waits outside a terraced house on a cobbled street in Warrington, Cheshire Date: circa 1960

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas market in the Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats) and Town Hall, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tallinn, Estonia, Europe

Butcher in Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe

Astronomical Clock and Old Town Hall with the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn beyond, Old Town Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Bronnums Cafe - Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: 1908

Old houses in St. Anne, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Hann. Munden, Germany - Parsonage
Hann. Munden (short for Hannoversch Munden) - a town in Lower Saxony, Germany

French Cafe and Garage - Paris
Scene of local people standing outside a Paris Cafe, positioned next to a garage offering cars for hire

England / Lenham
A corner of the old and picturesque Market Square at Lenham, Kent, England, with its quaint old shop fronts

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. Date: circa 1910s

The Caller at the Mill (oil on canvas)
XYC153924 The Caller at the Mill (oil on canvas) by Bevan, Robert Polhill (1865-1925); Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

Cobblestones, Cascais, Portugal, Europe

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)

Connecting up a hosepipe during the Blitz
Fireman, A.R.P men and volunteers move to quickly attach a hose to the nearest pavement hydrant close to a fire caused by the German bombing campaign over the Capital throughout 1940

The Heritage Country shop on Steep Hill, Lincoln, England, UK

Chair-mender bundle of rushes in Soho Square, London, 1805
Chair-mender looking for customers in Soho Square, London, 1805. Woman in bonnet nursing a baby with a bundle of rushes on her back. The gardens and cobbled square behind her. Chairs to mend

Floating market building illusion by artist Alex Chinneck at Covent Garden in central London. EDITORIAL USE ONLY Floating building illusion by artist Alex Chinneck at Covent Garden in central London

Abandoned factory buildings, Ancoats, Manchester, UK

Actor Sarah Lancashire in a 1987 photo shoot on the cobbles of the set of Coronation Street. One of her first professional jobs

London Road, Glasgow, Circa 1948 Street scene in the London Road area of Glasgow, circa 1948. Overhead tram lines and old-fashioned shop signs are visible above the cobbled streets

Uxbridge High Street, Greater London, circa 1929

St Michaels Mount and old causeway at sunrise, Marazion, Cornwall, UK. October 2015

Newark Moot Hall OP35559
MOOT HALL, 18 MARKET PLACE, NEWARK, NEWARK AND SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The main, south elevation of the Moot Hall (former Town Hall) viewed from the Market Place, whilst the premises of A F Coyne

Leicester Haymarket OP32418
HAYMARKET, CITY OF LEICESTER. A view from Humberstone Gate showing a crowd gathered at the junction of Church Gate, East Gates and Gallowtree Gate

Timber setts DP221888
Timber Setts, King Street, Rochdale, Lancashire. Detail of the beechwood setts on the north part of King Street, between Fleece Street and South Parade

Kings Bench Walk, 1930s CXP01_01_046
Kings Bench Walk, Inner Temple, City of London. A view looking south along barristers chambers on Kings Bench Walk, showing two girls in school uniform walking past numbers 3-6 in the foreground

The village of Dent at Dusk, Dentdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria, England, UK

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

Tunisia, Bizerte, Cobbled street in the Medina

Cuba, Trinidad, Bike leaning against lamp post by colourful houses

The music of the poor (engraving)
7185818 The music of the poor (engraving) by Luxmoore, Myra E. (1851-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: The music of the poor)

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Old women walking togther down the street, 1920s
Two old ladies walk down the street arm in arm, wearing winter coats and carrying hand bags, c. 1920s. Date: c. 1920s

The Queens West Surrey Regiment receives The Freedom of Guildford, Surrey

Picture shows the residents of Hargreaves Street, Hulme, a suburb of Manchester, as they celebrate the coronation of their new king, George VI

Alleyway in Toxteth, LIverpool, Circa 1980

The trawler Orsino see here at Hull being modified as the Board of Trade Mother Ship for the UK northern fishing fleet

Market Square, Pontypridd. 11th January 1973

The medieval Black Gate in the historic heart of Newcastle is about to live up to its name as it takes on a new lease of life

Part of the history of Guisborough is being given new life. The old-fashioned cobbles, are being relaid only a short distance from the towns market cross

Uxbridge High Street, George Inn and adjoining shops, planning permission has been granted to absorb shop on right. Uxbridge, Greater London. 13th December 1929

Market House with blinds down in Uxbridge High Street, Greater London. Circa 1930

Bonnys market in Uxbridge High Street, Greater London circa 1929

The Lion Inn, Uxbridge High Street, Uxbridge, Greater London, 6th September 1929

Uxbridge High Street, Bishops stores old coffee shop, Uxbridge, Greater London. Circa August 1928

Uxbridge High Street, Coopers bakery, Sanders grocery, Woodbridge solicitor, Greater London. Circa August 1928

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"Celebrating the Timeless Beauty of Cobbles: From Rome to Oxford" Step into the enchanting streets of Trastevere, Rome's historic neighborhood in Lazio, Italy. As you wander through its narrow alleys adorned with ancient cobblestones, let the Red Vespa whizz past you, adding a touch of modernity to this timeless setting. Travel further east and find yourself in Zagreb, Croatia. Stroll along St. Marks Church and admire the meticulously laid cobbles that grace the square beneath your feet. Feel their textured surface as they lead you on a journey through history. Venture northward to Robin Hoods Bay and experience the charm of this picturesque coastal village in Yorkshire. The cobblestone streets echo tales from centuries ago while Austin-Healey 3000 Pat Moss gracefully glides by, blending tradition with elegance. Cross over to Berwick High Street where time seems suspended amidst its well-preserved cobbles. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere reminiscent of days gone by as locals go about their daily routines. In Bristol's Christmas Steps, witness a fusion of festive cheer and historical allure. These weathered stones have witnessed countless holiday seasons come alive with laughter and joy throughout the years. Journey southeast to Belgrade's Terazije Square in Serbia; here lies another testament to cobblestone craftsmanship that has stood strong against time's relentless march forward. Marvel at Gustave Caillebotte's masterpiece "Paris Street; Rainy Day" capturing Parisians navigating rain-soaked cobblestones—a scene frozen forever in artistry. Discover Wilton Mews' hidden gem—The Grenadier—in London where coachmen once gathered for respite from their arduous journeys on these very cobbles that now tell stories untold but not forgotten. Head west towards Izmir, Turkey where vibrant street life unfolds upon charming 19th-century cobblestones.