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Horse Drawn Transport Collection

Journeying back in time to the early 1900s, horse-drawn transport was a common sight on the streets of Putney, Cornwall

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney OFH01_01_01_f05_16

Putney OFH01_01_01_f05_16
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f06_05

Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f06_05
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. The view looking along Putney High Street towards the River Thames

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f06_04

Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f06_04
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. The view from the lower end of Putney High Street with Betts Butcher's shop at number 15 seen to the left. This image is reproduced as Fig

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: At the sign of the White Horse MCF01_02_0390

At the sign of the White Horse MCF01_02_0390
The White Horse, Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. A horse-drawn cart laden with sacks outside The White Horse, with the horse drinking from a trough

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coronation grandstand MCF01_02_0220

Coronation grandstand MCF01_02_0220
WESTMINSTER ABBEY, WESTMINSTER, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Collecting water with horse and cart at East Bay, Trevone, Padstow, Cornwall. 1911

Collecting water with horse and cart at East Bay, Trevone, Padstow, Cornwall. 1911
Water butt on cart being filled from launder on the beach, with a boy seated on the cart and a man standing in front

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Lavenham DIX02_01_252

Lavenham DIX02_01_252
Lady Street, Lavenham, Lavenham, Babergh, Suffolk. A horse and cart at the junction of Lady Street and Water Street with The old Wool Hall (on the left) and Tudor shops (on the right)

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Road resurfacing MOT01_01_20

Road resurfacing MOT01_01_20
Lee Road, Blackheath Park, Greenwich, Greater London

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: White Gates Level Crossing MOT01_01_19

White Gates Level Crossing MOT01_01_19
White Gates Level Crossing, Canning Town, Newham, Greater London

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Monnow Bridge MOT01_01_48

Monnow Bridge MOT01_01_48
MONNOW BRIDGE AND GATE, MONMOUTH, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES. A man leading a horse and cart through the Monnow Gate, with a man and bicycle beyond, 1920s-1930s

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Piccadilly Circus CXP01_01_138

Piccadilly Circus CXP01_01_138
SHAFTESBURY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, PICCADILLY CIRCUS, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coach and four CXP01_01_153

Coach and four CXP01_01_153
A horse-drawn coach driving past a group of cottages in an unidentified area of London, with spectators watching

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f07_13

Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f07_13
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. The view looking north along Putney High Street from the junctions of Norroy Road (right) and Disraeli Road (right)

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Railway Hotel OFH01_01_01_f07_11

Railway Hotel OFH01_01_01_f07_11
Railway Hotel, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f05_06

Putney High Street OFH01_01_01_f05_06
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. The view from Putney Bridge looking along Putney High Street with St Mary's Church in the left foreground

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Vanderbilts coach OFH01_01_01_f04_12

Vanderbilts coach OFH01_01_01_f04_12
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. Alfred Vanderbilt driving his coach Venture along Putney High Street

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Putney Bridge OFH01_01_01_f03_19

Putney Bridge OFH01_01_01_f03_19
PUTNEY BRIDGE, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Flower seller OFH01_01_02_077

Flower seller OFH01_01_02_077
A flower seller at work

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wsst Hill OFH01_01_02_040

Wsst Hill OFH01_01_02_040
West Hill, Wandsworth, Greater London. The junction of West Hill (to the left) and Richmond Road, with the shops at numbers 50-68 West Hill seen to the right

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_032

Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_032
Wandsworth High Street, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London. The view looking west along Wandsworth High Street with the King's Head public house visible to the right

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_031

Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_031
Wandsworth High Street, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_028

Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_028
Wandsworth High Street, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London. Wandsworth High Street decorated with Union flags and bunting to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wandsworth High Street OFH01_01_02_011

Wandsworth High Street OFH01_01_02_011
OLD BULL PUBLIC HOUSE, WANDSWORTH HIGH STREET, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_027

Wandsworth OFH01_01_02_027
Wandsworth High Street, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London. Wandsworth High Street decorated with Union flags and bunting to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Swanpool Street a97_05402

Swanpool Street a97_05402
Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, 1907. Corner Street View With Horse Drawn Vehicles And People

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1352

Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1352
Slindon, Arun, West Sussex. Three horses pulling a wooden cart across a field in Slindon. The cart is owned by W Smart of Slindon and is laden with swedes or another type of root vegetable

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1319

Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1319
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of coaches starting off from a coaching club meet in Hyde Park with spectators watching

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1317

Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1317
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A horse drawn coach arriving at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Bourton-on-the-Water MCF01_02_1078

Bourton-on-the-Water MCF01_02_1078
Sherborne Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswold, Gloucestershire

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1062

Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1062
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Two gypsy caravans arriving in town for the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: St Albans MCF01_02_1018

St Albans MCF01_02_1018
MARKET PLACE, ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Kingston, Dorset MCF01_02_0993

Kingston, Dorset MCF01_02_0993
West Street, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset. Looking east along West Street in Kingston, showing a horse-drawn cart and a cyclist passing numbers 5 and 7 on the right of the foreground

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Gateway MCF01_02_0987

Gateway MCF01_02_0987
Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset. A man with a horse-drawn cart walking through a gateway above Sandy Hill Lane, with the ruins of Corfe Castle and the village in the distance

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Pond MCF01_02_0896

Pond MCF01_02_0896
Luckhurst, Lower Road, Stone-cum-Ebony, Ashford, Kent. Sheep lying beside a pond at Luckhurst with two horse-drawn carts in the field beyond

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: George Hotel MCF01_02_0830

George Hotel MCF01_02_0830
George Hotel, The Street, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset. A horse-drawn cart laden with faggots standing outside the George Hotel

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Donkey cart MCF01_02_1564

Donkey cart MCF01_02_1564
Bird In Hand Street, Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554

Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554
Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A man with a horse and cart in Groombridge. The man appears to be either leading the horse out of a cart shed or making it back in to the cart shed

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Donkey Cart MCF01_02_1498

Donkey Cart MCF01_02_1498
Upper Icknield Way, Whiteleaf, Princes Risborough, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A donkey cart standing on Upper Icknield Way

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Cart crossing MCF01_02_1421

Cart crossing MCF01_02_1421
Mill Bridge, Frensham Road, Frensham, Waverley, Surrey. A horse-drawn cart leaving the River Wey beside Mill Bridge

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Covered wagon MCF01_02_1418

Covered wagon MCF01_02_1418
Mill Bridge, Frensham Road, Frensham, Waverley, Surrey. A covered horse-drawn wagon crossing Mill Bridge and a woman walking along the pavement

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1353

Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1353
Slindon, Arun, West Sussex. Three horses pulling a wooden cart across a field in Slindon. The cart is owned by W Smart of Slindon and is laden with swedes or another type of root vegetable

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Swinbrook Bridge MCF01_02_0770

Swinbrook Bridge MCF01_02_0770
The Swan Inn, Swinbrook, Swinbrook and Widford, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire. A horse-drawn cart crossing the bridge beside The Swan Inn at Swinbrook

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: The Tolsey MCF01_02_0725

The Tolsey MCF01_02_0725
THE TOLSEY, HIGH STREET, BURFORD, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE. A view looking south up the High Street in Burford, showing a horse-drawn cart passing the market hall known as The Tolsey

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0682

Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0682
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire. A horse-drawn cart laden with coppiced wood standing on the main street in Wootton Rivers with thatched cottages in the background

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0676

Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0676
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, Wiltshire. A view looking north along the main street through Wootton Rivers, showing three men and a horse-drawn cart laden with coppiced wood outside The Royal Oak Inn

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Village well MCF01_02_0672

Village well MCF01_02_0672
Brook Street, Shipton Gorge, West Dorset, Dorset. A view looking east along Brook Street, showing a horse-drawn cart and cottages in the background and a bucket beside a village well in the foreground

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Burton Bradstock MCF01_02_0667

Burton Bradstock MCF01_02_0667
BURTON BRADSTOCK, WEST DORSET, DORSET. A horse-drawn cart on a main road near Burton Bradstock. The horses in this photograph are wearing harnesses and strapping decorated with horse brasses

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Market House MCF01_02_0512

Market House MCF01_02_0512
MARKET HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A horse drawn cart laden with bales being lead past the Market House in Princes Risborough

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391

Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391
Chorleywood Common, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Two horse-drawn carts carrying wood crossing Chorleywood Common

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Strand MCF01_02_0226

Strand MCF01_02_0226
STRAND, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Piccadilly MCF01_02_0195

Piccadilly MCF01_02_0195
PICCADILLY, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view looking along Piccadilly towards Hyde Park Corner, showing pedestrians, motor vehicles and a horse-drawn cart on the busy road

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0137

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0137
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A crowd at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park watching a horse drawn coach setting off

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0136

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0136
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A crowd at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park watching a horse drawn coach drive past

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0135

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0135
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Horse drawn coaches at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park, with a footman in the foreground standing at the head of two horses

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0134

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0134
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A horse drawn coach arriving at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Donkey cart MCF01_02_0083

Donkey cart MCF01_02_0083
HOLLINGBOURNE STATION, HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT. A donkey and cart standing at an unidentified railway station near Leeds in Kent, possibly Hollingbourne Station

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Horse power MCF01_02_0015

Horse power MCF01_02_0015
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Men loading timber, possibly hop poles, on to a cart pulled by three horses

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Horse power MCF01_02_0014

Horse power MCF01_02_0014
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A group of men with four horses pulling a wooden cart laden with timber, possibly hop poles

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: The Crescent BB87_04504

The Crescent BB87_04504
The Crescent, Crescent Road, Anglesey, Gosport, Hampshire. A view from the west of The Crescent, with people and horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Covent Garden CXP01_01_157

Covent Garden CXP01_01_157
COVENT GARDEN, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON

Background imageHorse Drawn Transport Collection: Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race (engraving)

Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race (engraving)
1049667 Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race (engraving) by Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race)



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Journeying back in time to the early 1900s, horse-drawn transport was a common sight on the streets of Putney, Cornwall. In 1911, amidst the picturesque scenery of East Bay, Trevone in Padstow, Cornwall, locals relied on their trusty horses and carts for everyday tasks like collecting water. The Railway Hotel stood tall as a landmark along Putney High Street, witnessing the rhythmic clip-clop of hooves passing by. Putney High Street itself was bustling with activity; its cobbled lanes filled with various horse-drawn carriages and wagons. Among them was an elegant Vanderbilts coach that exuded opulence and sophistication. As it rolled past Putney Bridge, people couldn't help but marvel at its grandeur. But horse-drawn transport wasn't limited to just luxury coaches; it also served practical purposes. A flower seller maneuvered through the streets with her cart adorned with vibrant blooms – a mobile garden enchanting passersby. In moments of celebration and grand events like coronations, elaborate structures such as the Coronation Grandstand were erected to accommodate spectators eager to catch a glimpse of regal processions led by majestic horses pulling magnificent carriages. The charm and simplicity of this era are beautifully captured in these photographs from over a century ago. They remind us of a time when horsepower meant more than just engines – it symbolized tradition, connection with nature, and an unhurried pace of life.

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