Images Dated 13th June 2008

Houses at Eyam, where the Great Plague broke out, Derbyshire, 1924-1926. Artist: York & Son

Houses at Eyam, where the Great Plague broke out, Derbyshire, 1924-1926. Eyam is famous as the village that isolated itself from the outside world when a case of plague occurred in 1665 in order to try to stop the infection spreading further afield. After 16 months only 83 of the village's 350 inhabitants had survived. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926

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Sir Walter Raleigh's house, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, 1924-1926.Artist: York & Son

Sir Walter Raleigh's house, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, 1924-1926. After being involved in the suppression of the Desmond Rebellions in Ireland in 1579-1583, Sir Walter Raleigh was given substantial lands in Munster, including the towns of Lismore and Youghal. He had an occasional home in Youghal, and was mayor of the town in 1588-1589. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926

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Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire, 1924-1926. Artist: HN King

Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire, 1924-1926. Cliveden is set amid 376 acres of magnificent formal gardens and parklands. Now a luxury hotel and National Trust property, the house was built by Charles Barry for the Duke of Sutherland in 1851. Queen Victoria, a frequent guest, was not amused in 1893 when the house was bought by William Waldorf Astor, America's richest citizen. When he gave it to his son and daughter-in-law in 1906 Cliveden became the hub of a hectic social whirl where guests included everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt to George Bernard Shaw. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926

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