Parish Collection (#9)

A Church in the Trees, ca. 1800. Creator: John Constable
A Church in the Trees; Stoke-by-Nayland Church; A Church in the Trees, Previously Called " Stoke-by-Nayland Church", ca. 1800

The Church - Zermatt, Switzerland
circa 1930s

May - Beating the Bounds
Crowds of excited people taking part in the traditional ceremony of Beating the Bounds - an ancient custom which is still observed in some parts of England and Wales

The Road to Bog Walk, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica Date: circa 1909

Register of wedding banns, 1914
A register of wedding banns for the marriage of Joseph Rutter to Marion Jane Struthers Symington McNeill at the church of St John the Baptist in the parish of Greenock South, Scotland

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Knight in armor from the 15th century with heraldic shield and helmet.. Gravestone of Philipp von Ingelheim, died 1431, parish church of Oberlingelheim

Petersham Church, Richmond upon Thames, 1897
The Parish Church of St Peter, Petersham, Richmond upon Thames. Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798) the English navigator, is buried in the churchyard here. Date: 1897

New Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London 1870
Exterior of the intended building for erection of a workhouse, at Upper Holloway, for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, containing about seven acres and tree quarters of land. Date: 1870

Knelt in the old parish church 1881
Woman alone wearing black, maybe for mourning a loved one, knelt in her local church praying. Date: 1881

ENGLISH BEADLE / KITCHENER
William Kitchener, Beadle of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden & Ely Rent. A Beadle was a minor parish official employed to usher and keep order during services. Date: circa 1780

SOCIAL / BRITAIN VICAR 18C
The vicar of the parish receiving tithes from a woman and a small boy Date: 1793

Dr Syntax taking possession of his living
Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living - entering his drive in a horse and carriage with his wife by his side. Date: circa 1813

Workhouse London 1809
The workhouse of St Jamess Parish, London Date: 1809

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West Indies, Jamaica, Westmoreland Parish, mechanical harvesting of sugarcane

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West Indies, Jamaica, Westmoreland parish women clearing sugar cane field after the cane has been cut on the eastern plantation

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Austria, Salzburg, Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer Parish church exterior with long narrow spire with Hochkonig mountain range behind. Near Saalfelden

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Austria, Hohe Tauern Karnten, High Tauern National Park Heiligenblut, Parish church of St Vincent with snow capped Grossglockner peak behind

St Annes church, Soho
St Annes church was consecrated in 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new civil and ecclesiastical parish of St Anne, created from part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields

St Margarets church
The Church of St Margaret, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England, was, until 1972, the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons

St Katharines Hospital
Engaving depicting St Katharines Hospital in 1781. Around 1148 Matilda, wife of King stephen, established a hospital in the parish of St

St Peter on Tower Green
Engaving depicting St Peter circa 1840. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in chains) is the parish church of the Tower of London. It is situated within the Towers Inner Ward

St Michael ad Bladum or St Michael-le-Querne. A parish church in the Farringdon within ward. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 and not rebuilt

Seal of Bow church
The ancient silver parish seal of St Mary-le-Bow depicts the tower of the church before the Great Fire of London in 1966. Date: 19th century

St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands
Interior view of St Martin in the Bull Ring (parish church), Birmingham, West Midlands, with an inset portrait of its Rector, Canon Denton Thompson. Date: circa 1910

St Peter St Paul Parish church Uppingham
Summer view of St Peter St Paul Parish church in the market town of Uppingham, Rutland, England, Britain; UK

Churchgoers of St Peter and St Paul in Ellesborough, Bucks
Sunday morning churchgoers climb to the parish church of St Peter and St Paul in Ellesborough, a village in Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England

Street sweeper, Windsor
A woman street sweeper cleans the cobbles in Church Street, outside the Carpenterss Arms pub, Windsor in the early morning

Hornsey Church in 1750, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Hornsey Church in 1750, (c1876). All that remains of St Marys Church is its Grade II listed bell tower, standing in the former churchyard, used as a burial ground for hundreds of years

St Giles, Camberwell, London, SE5, England, 22 / 4 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies; Davies, Ethel
St Giles, Camberwell, 22/4/10. Spring blossom in front of St Giles Church. St Giles dates from 1844 and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Camberwell, London, SE5, England

Parish Workhouse Plan, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Plan of the parish workhouse erected in 1808 at Southwell Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher in association with a local architect, believed to be Richard Ingleman. Date: 1828

Broad Street and Cornhill Wards, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Broad Street and Cornhill Wards, 1897. Map of part of the City of London from the mid 18th century, showing parish divisions

The Church of St. Faith, The Crypt of Old St. Pauls, from a view by Hollar, (1897)
The Church of St. Faith, The Crypt of Old St. Paul s, from a view by Hollar, (1897). St Faiths was a parish church attached to the old St Pauls Cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of London of

A Village Dispensary and Parish Room built at East Kennett, Marlborough, 1884. Plan and front elevation of a building designed by Charles Edwin Ponting in the village of East Kennett near

The Old Church of St. James, Clerkenwell, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
The Old Church of St. James, Clerkenwell, (c1872). St James Clerkenwell in London was founded in the 12th century as the church of the nunnery of St Mary

Terling, Essex - Terling Church - Interior. Date: circa 1920s

Terling, Essex - Terling Church - Exterior. Date: circa 1920s

South Darenth - Viaduct Terrace
Viaduct Terrace, South Darenth - a village in the civil parish of Horton Kirby and South Darenth in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England Date: circa 1910s

Treen, Cornwall. Date: circa 1920s

Church of Manzanares in Castile La Mancha

Frontal of St. Martin of Tours, detail of the saints death, tempera on wood. The work consists of a central Pantocrator blessing surrounded by four scenes from the life of St. Martin

Frontal of St. Martin of Tours, tempera on wood, the work consists of a central Pantocrator blessing surrounded by four scenes that narrate the life of St

The Nativity, detail of mural Paintings in the apse, Polinya c.1122. They come from the parish church of San Salvador de Polinya. Work of Master Osormort group

Scenes of the Apocalypse, murals in the side of the nave, Polinya 1122. They come from the parish church of San Salvador de Polinya

Detail of the Christ of Escunhau, carving in polychromed wood

Bathing the Baby Jesus in a wooden bowl, scene inspired by the apocryphal gospels. Detail of mural paintings in the apse, Polinya c. 1122

Murals in the apse with scenes of Jesus childhood and Pantocrator, Polinya c.1122. They come from the parish church of San Salvador de Polinya, work of the group of the Osormort Master

Detail of the altarpiece of Saint Vincent with personages of the age. It comes from the Parish of Sarria. Painting on board (c. 1450-60)

View of the church and graveyard of St James Clerkenwell, London, c1820. Artist
View of the church and graveyard of St James Clerkenwell, London, c1820

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