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A close view of the frozen weir with two men standing on the gangway above. The winter of 1894/5 was known as the 'twelve week frost' and in February the whole of the Thames was blocked by ice flows, some 6 or 7 feet thick.

Date:
1895
Location:
Sandford On Thames Weir, Sandford-On-Thames, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/00977
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking towards the weir and pool where an obelisk marks the spot where two men had drowned in strong currents near the wier whilst bathing, mentioned in Jerome K. Jerome's book, Three Men in a Boat.

Date:
1865
Location:
Sandford-On-Thames, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/00978
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The exterior of the impressive flint faced church near the abbey, built in 1886-8 by Bonella and Paull in a late medieval Perpendicular style, with the gatehouse tower also visible.

Date:
1908
Location:
Abbey United Reformed Church, Abbey Water, Romsey, Test Valley, Hampshire
Reference:
CC72/00979
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking upstream towards the lock on the Thames. All locks comprise a main stream, fed by water tumbling over the weir, and a 'lock cut' for navigation. These were all, in the main, man-made several centuries ago. Romney Lock dates from the 1790s.

Date:
1888
Location:
Romney Lock, Romney Lock Road, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead
Reference:
CC72/00980
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking towards the weir on the Thames from the Surrey side of the bank towards the Middlesex side, with the tower of St Mary's Church in Sunbury in the distance.

Date:
1870
Location:
Sunbury On Thames Weir, Sunbury, Spelthorne, Surrey
Reference:
CC72/00981
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking across the weir on the Thames with the tower of St Mary's Church in Sunbury in the distance to the left and a small boat with people seated in it in chairs on the river.

Date:
1870
Location:
Sunbury On Thames Weir, Sunbury, Spelthorne, Surrey
Reference:
CC72/00982
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The facade of the two buildings on the west side of the street that sold clothing and accessories as well as having a tea room. The site is currently occupied by HMV record stores.

Date:
1911
Location:
H And E Morton, 43-44 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/00983
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

An image of an illustration by N. Whittlock showing The Father of The Corporation, Alderman Fletcher, dated to 1820.

Date:
1917
Location:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/00984
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking up the lane with Cotswold stone houses either side and a group of village children looking down.

Date:
1901
Location:
Creek Road, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00985
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking along the picturesque river Coln with part of the country house visible to the right, a Tudor building with addtions built in 1633 by Sir Thomas Sackville.

Date:
1895
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00986
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The entrance front of the picturesque gabled building by the river Coln, dating to Tudor times with the main portion built by Sir Thomas Sackville in 1633.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00987
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The south wing of the picturesque gabled building by the river Coln, dating to Tudor times with the main portion built by Sir Thomas Sackville in 1633.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00988
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The entrance front of the picturesque gabled building by the river Coln, dating to Tudor times with the main portion built by Sir Thomas Sackville in 1633.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00989
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The south wing of the picturesque gabled building by the river Coln, dating to Tudor times with the main portion built by Sir Thomas Sackville in 1633.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00990
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The entrance front of the picturesque gabled building by the river Coln from the south-east, dating to Tudor times with the main portion built by Sir Thomas Sackville in 1633.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Court, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00991
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking up the well-known row of Cotswold stone cottages on the river Coln, converted into dwellings in the early 17th century from a monastic sheephouse dating to c.1380 with ten bays of cruck trusses.

Date:
1901
Location:
Arlington Row, 1-9 Awkward Hill, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00992
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Looking along the village street running next to the river Coln towards the hotel opposite the bridge, dating to c.1770.

Date:
1901
Location:
The Swan Hotel, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00993
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The front elevation of the Swan Hotel seen from across the river with the bridge to the left. There has been an inn on this site since at least 1672 and it is said that it was once used as the local court. The inn was extended in the 1930s.

Date:
1901
Location:
Bibury Bridge, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00994
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A general view looking across the River Coln. The hotel was originally a coaching inn owing part of it's success to it's position opposite the bridge between the villages of Bibury and Arlington.

Date:
1906
Location:
The Swan Hotel, Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00995
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A birds eye view of the village from Ablington Bank. The Cotwold stone village was called ' the prettiest village in England' by William Morris.

Date:
1906
Location:
Bibury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire
Reference:
CC72/00996
Type:
Photograph (Negative)