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Ashorne. Cottages and their occupants

Ashorne village showing a row of cottages and their occupants. 1900s

Birdingbury Hall. Greenhouse

Birdingbury Hall. Kitchen garden with extensive greenhouses. It has been suggested that some of these were built by Messenger & Co. of Loughborough, Leics. In 1904 several new forcing houses and peach ...

Bourton on Dunsmore. Church Farm

Church Farm, Bourton on Dunsmore, and garden. 1900s

Country Fete

This oil painting on panel depicts people at a fete in the grounds of a house and was painted by the English School about 1840. It was originally joined to another panel called 'Country Procession'. ...

Country Fete and Procession

These are two panel paintings which were originally joined which are painted by an English School about 1840. One shows people at a fete in the grounds of a house, and the other, people arriving at the ...

Country Procession

This panel painting depicts people arriving at a Country Fete on foot, horseback and by carriage. Some are making a tour of the allotment gardens. This painting was originally joined to Country Fete, ...

Cubbington. Penns Yard

Back to back houses with cellars in Penns Yard ( now Penns Close). Group of women and children standing in front of the small front gardens. Standing by the door are Mrs Stanley and Mrs Kenzitt. On the ...

Landscape With Allotments

Kathleen Allen (Kay) (1906-1983) Landscape With Allotments Etching on paper 277mm x 225mm Kay was at the Royal College of Art with Dick Hosking and Alma Ramsey and became a lifelong friend. She was badly ...

Lighthorne. Gardeners on the allotments

Lighthorne gardeners on the allotments near Newbold Barn. 1900s

Mancetter. View from the Church Tower

View of Mancetter from the church tower. 1960s

Marlcliff. The Hamlet

A cluster of cottages in Marlcliff, known as The Hamlet Three people are seen in the garden. Circa 1910 [It is believed that the people pictured are standing in the kitchen garden of Temple Farm ...

Napton on the Hill. The Poplars.

The Poplars - a line of terraced cottages amongst fields and allotments; children and some of the occupants are standing outside; washing on the line. This road was originally called Brickyards Lane. ...

Preston on Stour. Church Row

Row of cottages at Church Row with their gardens, including a cold frame in the foreground. 1900s

South View of Fen End Farm

This is a watercolour and ink image of Fen End Farm. We only know the artist's initials, 'M.S.L.' but an inscription in ink along the bottom says 'The South View of Fen End Farm Drawn 20th August 1790'. ...

The Hunt

This is an oil painting on panel depicting a hunting scene. A house in the foreground leads to a river running along the front of the painting. In the back right is a hunt scene depicting men with dogs ...

Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - p.25, gardeners prepare their beds..

Gardening: a task known to Shakespeare Many of Shakespeare’s scenes are set in gardens. The plays indicate a familiarity with the tasks of setting seeds, weeding and raising plants for pleasure ...

Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - text, p.A1r, gardeners at work..

Shakespeare’s gardeners in Richard II tended their garden in this way. Thomas Hill’s handbook which explains the tasks of a garden’s care includes this woodcut of an arbour which ...

Trophy: Allotment Competition Challenge Cup, Leamington Spa

This is a two-handled silver trophy cup on a circular black plastic base. It has plain sides, looped handles and a lid surmounted by a finial. The silver ring around the base is engraved with the winners ...

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