File:The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912) (14777415694).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,968 × 1,472 pixels, file size: 507 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: 15th-century village cross in East Hagbourne, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), with St Andrew's parish church in the background.

Identifier: cu31924014023463 (find matches)
Title: The cottages and the village life of rural England
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 Quinton, A.R
Subjects: Cottages Villages
Publisher: London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd. New York, E.P. Dutton & co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
,rp;.:;,:.^. <. CROWCOMBE CROSS, SOMERSET the feet of many pilgrims, and the shaft is crowned with a Greek cross. It is situated in the middle of the roadway, at the entrance to the quaint little village of Crowcombe, which nestles so prettily at the base of the Quantock Hills. Two of the illustrations show Berkshire crosses. One is at East Hagbourne, where there is a second cross and the base of a wayside cross in a hedge. It is one of the most picturesque villages in the country, a true example of the old English type, full no
Text Appearing After Image:
LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND of old half-timbered cottages, some of brick set in zigzags, and some with tiled roofs which stand out well against the background of fine trees. It is naturally a favourite haunt of artists. The cross forms the foreground of as beautiful a picture of an Englishvillage as one would wish to see, while behind it stands the fine and noble fifteenth-century church, with massive Perpendicular tower, on which is a beacon turret intended to guide travellers who might have lost their way in the open country. You can see, also,on the tower a very perfect sanctus bell-cot, pinnacled and foliated, whence the little bell sounded forth its sweet notice to the villagers when the Host was raised at the celebration of the Mass, bidding them, though engaged in their daily tasks, unite in heart and will in the service of the sanctuary. There is much to interest us within the church, wherein we can find the work of the early English builders in the chancel blended with that of the masons of the

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14777415694/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:cu31924014023463
  • bookyear:1912
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ditchfield__P__H___Peter_Hampson___1854_1930
  • bookauthor:Quinton__A_R
  • booksubject:Cottages
  • booksubject:Villages
  • bookpublisher:London__J_M__Dent___sons_ltd_
  • bookpublisher:_New_York__E_P__Dutton___co_
  • bookcontributor:Cornell_University_Library
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:201
  • bookcollection:cornell
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
29 July 2014

Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14777415694. It was reviewed on 22 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

22 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:01, 5 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 00:01, 5 November 20151,968 × 1,472 (507 KB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 90°
18:35, 21 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 18:35, 21 October 20151,472 × 1,968 (510 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': cu31924014023463 ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fcu31924014023463%2F find matches])<...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_cottages_and_the_village_life_of_rural_England_(1912)_(14777415694).jpg&oldid=822651648"