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Station Master BB98_05551STATION MASTER, Finmere Station, Oxfordshire. In 1898-99 the Great Central Railway Company (formed 1897) created a main railway route from Sheffield through Nottingham and Leicester to London
Gertrude Jekyll c. 1901 OP01502The garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll, beside the terrace bridge at Deanery Garden, Sonning, The Deanery (or Deanery Garden) is a house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Sonning, Berkshire
Butlers Wharf c. 1910 BB87_09668BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. View of the gantries c. 1910. Unknown photographer
Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. A cargo of bananas in specially ventilated crates is unloaded and transferred into the warehouse via a conveyor belt while two foremen in bowler hats look
Buckingham Palace Stables BL18828_ABUCKINGHAM PALACE STABLES, London. Interior view of the royal stables with a figure in a hat. Photographed by Bedford Lemere for Musgrave and Co in May 1905
Harvest AA97_05926Harvesting with a mechanical harvester near Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Alfred Newton and Son July 1902
Models of SS and RMS Britannic BL22639_002Models of the SS Britannic and the RMS Britannic, photographed by Bedford Lemere and Company in May 1914. The smaller SS Britannic was launched by White Star Line in 1874 and scrapped in 1903
Queens College, Oxford CC51_00352QUEENs COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A 1903 view looking west along the south arcade of the front quad with parked bicycles belonging to members of the college
Selfridges Department Store 1909 BL20507SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE, Oxford Street, London. Selfridges Department Store in Oxford Street is photographed here soon after it opened in 1909. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere in May 1909
Post Lady, Kerrier, Cornwall, 1901 BB98_01839This woman, working as a post lady, is emptying a post box at an unidentified location in Kerrier, Cornwall
Sessions House, Preston BL18224SESSIONS HOUSE, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire. The interior of number 1 court at the County Sessions House
Advertisement hoardings, Greenwich, 1907 BL19953Advertisement hoardings on the side of a building and on a fence surrounding a construction site on Newcastle Street (now Enderby Street), Greenwich, London
Group of Children a97_05427General view of a group of children, Hellidon, Daventry, Northamptonshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons. July 1902
Before Aldwych HSI01_01_026STRAND, WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Looking north-east along the Strand, past St Mary-le-Strand Church, towards Holywell Street, with the entrance to Drury Court on the left
Before Aldwych HSI01_01_001STANHOPE STREET, WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON
Before Aldwych HSI01_01_027WYCH STREET, ALDWYCH, WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Looking west along Wych Street, with the Olympic Theatre to the right, and the premises of Hart, Son, Peard and Co, ironmongers, in the distance
Farringdon CC97 / 02249London Street, Farringdon, Oxfordshire. General view down London Street with the Folly Inn in the forground. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1905
A man wearing a bowler hat and glasses MCF01_02_0009A man wearing a bowler hat and glasses, standing outside a weatherboarded house in Broomfield. Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Photographed by Katherine J. Macfee, 4th April 1904
Two children collecting water at a water pump MCF01_02_0182Two children collecting water at a water pump in Cheddar, Somerset. Photographed by Katherine J. Macfee, 11th May 1907
Two horsemen reading The Sportsman BB98_02592General view of two horsemen reading The Sportsman newspaper, Farnborough, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons. 30th October 1902
Venton East Square, St. Just, Cornwall a97_07634A view of Mrs Barnes and others outside houses on Venton East Square, St. Just, Cornwall. 1901. Photgraphed by Alfred Newton and Sons
A group posed outside the Salisbury Hotel BL20862_001A group posed outside the portico of the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury Square, Greater London. May 1910. Photographed by Bedford Lemere and Company
Woods Restaurant a97_05220Woods Restaurant, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland. Interior with group seated at a table and waiting staff. Photographed by Alfred Newton & Son, 1902
Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London DD60_00223CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, Old Bailey, London. The Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey, taken from Holborn Viaduct
Edwardian music room, Thornton Manor BL17551Thornton Manor, near Port Sunlight, Merseyside. Edwardian interior of the music room, which was added in 1902. A large organ is built in over a seating area to the right
Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. From 1921 children had to be at least 12 years old before they could work full-time, though some of these boys look younger
Pay day, Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09666Pay day at Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, London. A line of workmen collect their wages from a hatch, while a security guard looks on. Photographer unknown, c.1910
Corbridge Excavations FL00667_02_002Corbridge Roman Fort, Corbridge, Northumberland. Excavations in progress in 1909 showing three men digging
Japanese naval officers onboard battleship Fuji HBL01_15_186A group of officers on the deck of the battleship Fuji. The battleship was constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy by Thames Iron Works, and launched on the Thames on 31st March 1896
Minley Manor kitchens BL17959AMinley Manor, Hampshire. Staff in the kitchen at a French chateau style country house that was erected between 1858-60 to the designs of architect Henry Clutton
Forestry, Princes Risborough a97_05315Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Mr Smith and horse team at work in the woods. This hard-working team are hauling and carrying bundles of brushwood from a steep wooded slope
Shoreham harbour BB060004Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. Two horse-drawn ballast carts in the sea beside the slipway of Stow and Son Yacht Builders, Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Great George Street, Westminster OWS01_10_160Construction of the New Government Offices, Great George Street, Westminster, London, 24 September 1902.s B Bolas & Co, silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print
Trafalgar Square EGP_22657_75Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, 22 May 1909. Dr William James Stewart Lockyer (1868-'1936) silver gelatin glass plate negative
St Giles Fair, Oxford CC49_00539St Giles Fair, Oxford, Oxfordshire, September 1905. Photographed by Henry William Taunt (1842-1922) on silver gelatin glass plate negative
Palace of Westminster, London 1909 EGP_22657_85PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. Aerial view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and River Thames taken from the balloon Corona on 22nd May 1909 at 4:30pm
Sloan Square, London 1909 EGP_22656_74SLOAN SQUARE, London. Aerial view of Sloan Square taken from the balloon Britannia on 3rd April 1909. From the EGPN Collection held by Historic England Archive
Farman Biplane EGP_22662_53A group of men watching as two men take their seats in a Farman biplane at Bournemouth in 1910. The pilot has been identified as Claude Graham-White, pioneer of aerial reconnaissance
At the village water pump a97_05320BARTON HARTSHORN, Buckinghamshire. General view showing people collecting water from the village water pump. A woman is helped by a young girl while two well dressed ladies look
Finmere Station, Oxfordshire 1904 BB98_05550FINMERE STATION, Oxfordshire. The Great Central Railway Company built this station on the line from Sheffield through Nottingham and Leicester to London in 1898-9
Didcot Junction in 1904 CC97_02192DIDCOT, Oxfordshire. Looking from the east at a signal box towards the junction station, with an engine approaching and a line of carriages to the right
Robin Hoods Larder BB98_02554SHAMBLES OAK, Sherwood Forest, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. An informal portrait of a woman standing beside the base of the Shambles Oak in Sherwood Forest, also known as Robin Hoods Larder
Sessions House, Preston BL18223SESSIONS HOUSE, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire. The interior of the assembly hall at the County Sessions House
Horse-drawn trams, Oxford c. 1905 CC73_01178HIGH STREET, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Two horse-drawn trams passing in the street with advertising panels attached to the roofs
Faringdon Cattle Market CC97_02236MARKET PLACE, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. The cattle market underway, with the Salutation Inn to one side and the churchyard to the other. Faringdon was granted a market in 1218
Car lift at a multi-storey car park BL19998MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, 114 Wardour Street, Westminster, London. An early motor car, with a chauffeur in the drivers seat on a car lift
Laying a hollow pot floor, Lloyds Avenue, London BL19950A8 LLOYDS AVENUE, City Of London. Construction workers laying a hollow pot reinforced concrete floor at number 8 Lloyds Avenue
Sandwich board men 1910 BL21037bWARDOUR STREET, London. A line of men standing outside Mitchell Motors Company (114 Wardour Street), wearing sandwich boards advertising United International Motors Ltd
Billiard Hall 1903 BL17646THURSTONs BILLIARD HALL, Leicester Square, London. Interior of the match room, with seating for spectators
Water carrier, Newlyn Harbour a97_05334NEWLYN HARBOUR, Cornwall. The coastguard and others collect water in pails from a water carrier on Newlyn harbour. Fishing boats are moored behind them
Kitchen, New College, Oxford, 1901 CC49_00204NEW COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Cooks at work in the college kitchens. The men are preparing joints of meat and a spit of chickens is leaning against the wall, ready to be roasted
Italian Hospital, London 1903 BL17920_011ITALIAN HOSPITAL, Holborn, London. Interior view of a ward at the Italian Hospital with a young boy resting in his bed and a nurse in a distinctive uniform
Daily Telegraph Office, Fleet Street 1913 BL22128_04DAILY TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Fleet Street, London. Interior view. The linotype room in the Daily Telegraph Office in the City of London
Ufton Court, Berkshire c. 1901 OP01505UFTON COURT, Ufton Nervet, Berkshire. A woman stands at the base of the garden steps. Photographed by Maxwell-Lyte, c.1901
Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London
Abel Beesley, University Waterman in 1901 CC71_00075FISHER ROW, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The waterman Abel Beesley on his punt full of bundles of rushes with old Pacey Bridge in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1901
Fishermen, Falmouth Pier CC56_00752FALMOUTH PIER, Cornwall. View of fishermen unloading their catches with boats moored in the background. Edwardian era photograph by Henry Taunt
Dog collecting money BL20502Dog collecting money, Westminster, London. A dog sits on a table collecting funds outside Haxells Hotel in The Strand, 1909. Bedford Lemere
Bartenders at the Trocadero Restaurant DD76_00013TROCADERO RESTAURANT, London. Bartenders at the restaurant in Shaftsbury Avenue await their customers at the Long Bar. c1901
Office work. D M Gant, turf accountant BL_20490_03An interior view of a crowded office. D M Gant was a turf accountant based at 25 Conduit Street, London. Photographed by Adolphe Augustus Boucher, a photographer for Bedford Lemere & Co, 1 April 1909
Collecting water, Hellidon, Northamptonshire a97_05936General view showing unidentified elderly woman carrying bucket, Hellidon, Northamptonshire. July 1902. Alfred Newton and Sons
Boys sitting on gate a97_05319Boys sitting on kissing gate, Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire. 1904
Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction
The Kings Men CC72_02440The Kings Men, Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire. Two women in Edwardian dress near the largest stone in the circle
Shoreham harbour BB060003Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly-submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Shoreham harbour BB060002Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour, in front of the premises of Stow and Son Yacht Builders
Shoreham harbour BB060001Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Uffington, Oxfordshire BB97_11909Uffington, Oxfordshire. A family group standing outside their cottage. In the background is the frame for a lifting canal bridge
Hull Guildhall CC73_03004Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, City Of Kingston Upon Hull. Exterior view from the south-west of the Guildhall, with pedestrians and a tram in the street
Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen
Dyer Street, Cirencester BB57_00087CIRENCESTER, Gloucestershire. Looking along Dyer Street towards the Market Place in the capital of the Cotswolds
Sessions House, Preston BL18232SESSIONS HOUSE, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire. Interior of the dining room at the County Sessions House
Sessions House, Preston BL18230aSESSIONS HOUSE, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire. Interior detail of a doorway in the barristers library at the County Sessions House
Sessions House, Preston BL18222SESSIONS HOUSE, Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire. The interior of the County Sessions House showing the staircase and entrance
May Day procession in Oxford 1912 BB71_02946MAGDALEN BRIDGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The Halls Brewery drays at front of the Oxford May Day processions in 1912
Henley Regatta CC72_00130HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxfordshire
Royal river trip CC68_00047GORING, Oxfordshire. Edward, Prince of Wales sitting on the river boat Arethusa, moored along the banks of the River Thames, whilst other members of his party board
Butlers Wharf BB87_09741BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. Crates of goods wrapped in straw for protection are unloaded in London and set on the conveyor belt to the warehouses
Cannon Street and St Pauls CC73_01837ST PAULs CATHEDRAL from Cannon Street, City of London. A horse-drawn bus, a barrow boy and other traffic in Cannon Street, with St Pauls Cathedral forming a backdrop. Campbells Press Studio, 1905
YMCA reading room 1907 BL20046YMCA CENTRAL BUILDING, Exeter Hall, Strand, London. An interior view of the reading room in the YMCAs headquarters. The site of Exeter Hall is now occupied by the Strand Palace Hotel
Vacuum cleaning 1910 BL21028FREDERICK GORRINGEs DEPARTMENT STORE, 75 Buckingham Palace Road, London. Interior view. A lady demonstrating the latest in vacuum cleaning technology
Walpole Picture Theatre, Ealing BL21704WALPOLE PICTURE THEATRE, Ealing, London. Cinematograph opening in July 1912. Photograph commissioned by Bovis Ltd of their building by architect Js Beard
Chenard Walcker motor car 1906 BB97_08148Farnborough Grange, Farnborough, Warwickshire. A view of a man sitting in a Chenard Walcker motor car
Village pump, Grandborough a97_05230Village pump, Grandborough, Warwickshire. A young servant girl has been sent to fetch water from the village pump. Two urchins are on the same errand
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