In pictures: Picturing England
More than 300 images depicting the changing face of England and its people over the past 150 years have been printed in a recently published book from Historic England. Here, we bring you the highlights...
Egg gatherers, Flamborough, East Yorkshire, July 1926
Diamond Jubilee decorations, Lime Street, Nether Stowey, Somerset, 1897
Oxford Arms Inn, Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick Lane, City of London, 1875
Portrait of an elderly woman, Selworthy, Somerset, c1890–1910
Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, Southwark, London, 30 November 1906
Barton Swing Aqueduct, Bridgewater Canal, Trafford, Greater Manchester, 1945-54
Tile-hanging at Turk Farm, Smarden, Kent, c1931
The beach at Hastings, East Sussex, c1890
St Giles’s Fair, Oxford, Oxfordshire, September 1905
The 70-Tram Road, East Pool Mine, Carn Brea, Cornwall, c1893
Images © Historic England Archive
