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Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall: Sycamore Gap K060462

Hadrians Wall: Sycamore Gap K060462
Hadrians Wall, Northumberland. View of Sycamore Gap near Steel Rigg. Used as a film set for Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

Background imageRural Collection: Wharram Percy Medieval Village N070612

Wharram Percy Medieval Village N070612
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Aerial view of the deserted medieval village. First settled in prehistoric times, Wharram flourished as a village between the 12th and 14th centuries

Background imageRural Collection: Thornholme Priory J890422

Thornholme Priory J890422
THORNHOLME PRIORY, Humberside. Gatehouse and west precinct as it may have been in mid-14th century by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageRural Collection: Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890256

Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890256
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing of the North Manor & peasant houses, tofts and crofts in the late 12th century, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageRural Collection: Knowlton Church and Earthworks J940538

Knowlton Church and Earthworks J940538
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS, Dorset. General view of the site from the West. The siting of this ruined medieval church at the centre of a Neolithic ritual henge earthwork symbolises the transition

Background imageRural Collection: Fairfield Church, Romney Marsh N060981

Fairfield Church, Romney Marsh N060981
FAIRFIELD CHURCH, Romney Marsh, Kent. View of the footbridge looking across the meadow towards Fairfield Church at sunset

Background imageRural Collection: Denton village CC73_01156

Denton village CC73_01156
DENTON, Oxfordshire. A picturesque village scene, showing a pony trap with riders underneath a large old tree. There are cottages in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt (active 1860 - 1922)

Background imageRural Collection: Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922

Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922
MILL GREEN, Broxted, Essex. A cyclist rests his tandem against the finger post / sign post at Mill Green in Broxted. A windmill stands in the background

Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall J080008

Hadrians Wall J080008
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. Hotbank Crags, near turret 37B. View from atop the wall out across the mist enshrouded Crag Lough beneath Highshields Crags. hadrian

Background imageRural Collection: Glastonbury Tor K020561

Glastonbury Tor K020561
GLASTONBURY TOR, Somerset. Looking north from east across stile towards distant tor

Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall J080005

Hadrians Wall J080005
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. Cuddys Crags, near turret 37A. The morning light illuminates the wall with Broomlee Lough in the distance. hadrian

Background imageRural Collection: Meeting at a country gate CC73_01502

Meeting at a country gate CC73_01502
MICKLETON, Gloucestershire. A couple posing by a gate with the spire of St Lawrences Church and surrounding countryside in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt (active 1860-1922)

Background imageRural Collection: The Royal Oak and Boscobel House N090358

The Royal Oak and Boscobel House N090358
BOSCOBEL HOUSE, Brewood, Staffordshire. The Royal Oak and Boscobel House with dramatic sky

Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall J060262

Hadrians Wall J060262
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. View into bright sun, looking east along the Wall, half a mile west of Housesteads

Background imageRural Collection: Scafell Pikes AFL03_aerofilms_ac587428

Scafell Pikes AFL03_aerofilms_ac587428
SCAFELL, Cumbria. Aerial photograph showing Scafell Pikes and the Lake District. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageRural Collection: Roseberry Topping K011542

Roseberry Topping K011542
ROSEBERRY TOPPING, North Yorkshire. Snow view of hill on North Yorkshire moors

Background imageRural Collection: Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890258

Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890258
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) of the Norman church and semicircular apse & vicarage to the south

Background imageRural Collection: Avebury Stone Circle N071124

Avebury Stone Circle N071124
AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageRural Collection: Lindisfarne Castle K011703

Lindisfarne Castle K011703
LINDISFARNE CASTLE, Holy Island, Northumberland. View of the castle with fields in the foreground

Background imageRural Collection: St Etheldredas Church, Hatfield a054112

St Etheldredas Church, Hatfield a054112
ST ETHELDREDAs CHURCH, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. View showing a tractor being driven through the 15th century west tower doorway of the church during preparations for the harvest festival in 1960

Background imageRural Collection: Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500

Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500
HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire. View from the Old Mill at Harnham, looking across the water meadows towards Salisbury Cathedral with a postman pushing his bicycle along the Town Path in

Background imageRural Collection: Woodland path J070052

Woodland path J070052
ANDREWS WOOD, Polhill, Kent. Morning light illuminates a woodland path. Rays of sunlight

Background imageRural Collection: Stonehenge and crop circle N960002

Stonehenge and crop circle N960002
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of Stonehenge with crop circle in the foreground

Background imageRural Collection: Down House Sandwalk K000185

Down House Sandwalk K000185
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. View of The Sandwalk looking towards the greenhouses

Background imageRural Collection: Kenilworth Castle K981291

Kenilworth Castle K981291
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. General view from the South West at sunset

Background imageRural Collection: Silbury Hill N060151

Silbury Hill N060151
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. View from the east looking towards the snow covered mound. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Background imageRural Collection: Old Sarum K000139

Old Sarum K000139
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall: Sycamore Gap J080007

Hadrians Wall: Sycamore Gap J080007
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. Steel Rigg, by Milecastle 39. The wall winds past a mature Sycamore tree, close to a well, with large foreground rock and blue sky. hadrian

Background imageRural Collection: Patcham Windmill a98_05267

Patcham Windmill a98_05267
PATCHAM, East Sussex. Three horsemen ride past Patcham tower mill on the Downs behind Brighton. Photographed by Eric de Mare (active 1945-80)

Background imageRural Collection: Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire a81_02141

Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire a81_02141
BRILL WINDMILL, Brill, Buckinghamshire. This post mill dates to 1668, making it one of the oldest in the country. The last remaining of three mills that were once positioned on this hill

Background imageRural Collection: Roseberry Topping N100024

Roseberry Topping N100024
ROSEBERRY TOPPING, North Yorkshire. Snow view of hill on North Yorkshire moors with animal tracks

Background imageRural Collection: Rievaulx Abbey N050068

Rievaulx Abbey N050068
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. General view of the abbey showing its picturesque countryside landscape

Background imageRural Collection: Brill Windmill a081475

Brill Windmill a081475
BRILL WINDMILL, Windmill Street, Brill, Buckinghamshire. Brill Windmill overlooking a farmstead and Aylesbury Vale landscape

Background imageRural Collection: De Cort - Launceston Castle K010763

De Cort - Launceston Castle K010763
LAUNCESTON CASTLE, Cornwall. " View of Launceston Castle from the South" c1770 by Hendrik Frans De Cort (1742-1810)

Background imageRural Collection: Brean Down J890031

Brean Down J890031
BREAN DOWN, Somerset. Reconstruction drawing of Bronze Age huts, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageRural Collection: Rural landscape J910032

Rural landscape J910032
Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, 2000 BC by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Background imageRural Collection: Byall Fen DP219045

Byall Fen DP219045
Byall Fen, Manea, Fenland, Cambridgeshire. The landscape at Welches Dam, looking south-west towards the river Delph from the embankment track, September 2017

Background imageRural Collection: Emley Moor 28824_047

Emley Moor 28824_047
Emley Moor, Kirklees. Aerial oblique view showing the Arqiva Tower transmission mast. Completed in 1971 the tower broadcasts UHF TV signals to most of Yorkshire

Background imageRural Collection: Wroughton, Wiltshire US_7PH_GP_LOC209_V_5004

Wroughton, Wiltshire US_7PH_GP_LOC209_V_5004
WROUGHTON, Wiltshire. This vertical photograph (taken in 1944 by the US Army Air Force) shows Barbury Castle hillfort, RAF Wroughton (centre), and the village of Wroughton

Background imageRural Collection: North Yorkshire landscape N100504

North Yorkshire landscape N100504
KETTLEWELL, North Yorkshire. Panoramic view of field barns in the landscape

Background imageRural Collection: Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07731

Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07731
Horning Ferry, Norfolk. Reed cutter bundling reeds on Woodbastwick Marshes. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in February 1949

Background imageRural Collection: Avebury Stone Circle N071125

Avebury Stone Circle N071125
AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageRural Collection: Clun Castle K060184

Clun Castle K060184
CLUN CASTLE, near Ludlow, Shropshire. General view of the castle showing its picturesque surroundings and extensive earthworks

Background imageRural Collection: Country lane N070968

Country lane N070968
GREEN LANE, Dog Hill Wood, near Ledbury, Herefordshire. A general view of the woodland landscape looking up the lane with dappled sunlight shining through the trees

Background imageRural Collection: Westbury White Horse K022100

Westbury White Horse K022100
BRATTON CAMP & WHITE HORSE, Westbury Hill, Wiltshire. View of the Westbury White Horse from the south west. Cut into the hillside in 1778, this replaced an older horse

Background imageRural Collection: Hadrians Wall N070307

Hadrians Wall N070307
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. View looking west from Shield on the Wall. Sheep grazing at sunset. hadrian

Background imageRural Collection: Foxton Locks

Foxton Locks
Staircase flight of 10 locks on the Grand Union Canal. Foxton, Leicestershire. IoE 191334

Background imageRural Collection: Malvern Hills EPW005389

Malvern Hills EPW005389
MALVERN HILLS, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Aerial view looking south at Upper Colwall. Jubillee Drive winds through a plantation along the western side of the ridge. Photographed in 1921



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