Rural Collection

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

Freight train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, by Selwyn Pearce-Higgins. This narrow gauge railway line was opened in 1903

Roseberry Topping from Morton Carr N100025
ROSEBERRY TOPPING, North Yorkshire / Cleveland. View across Morton Carr towards Roseberry Topping on the horizon with hay bales and tree on a frosty, misty winter morning. Sunrise

Ballyronan, Co. Derry - a rural village street with horse vehicle on the road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Ballyronan). Date: circa early 1900s

Dryburgh Abbey, on the River Tweed, Scotland
View of the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey (Premonstratensian), on the River Tweed, Scotland. Date: 1882

Cow in a Cabbage Field, Rudolf Koller, 1857-1858

Medros Farmhouse and Methrose Farmhouse, Luxulyan, Cornwall. 1959
A view of the farmhouse and courtyard walls. The courtyard walls are attached to the south and east of Medros Farmhouse and Methrose Farmhouse

Horses pulling the plough
Two heavy horses, pull a farmers plough through a newly cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fox hunting - riders and their dogs
Fox hunters in traditional red jackets ride out on a hunt, accompanied by their hounds. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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

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

A pair of working Shire Horses & Farmer
A pair of working Shire Horses, Farmer and Collie dog. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Findon Fair, view of the long furlong near Findon, 14 September 1935
The sheep are being driven from Angmering over the Downs to Findon Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N12007

Gypsy Caravans
A group of travellers and their horse-drawn caravans/wagons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Shire horse team during Ploughing Match
A team of white Shire horses competing in a ploughing match. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

MIGRANT MOTHER, 1936. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker and mother of seven, with her children in a camp for migrant workers in Nipomo, California, 1936

Ullswater, Lake District, Cumbria, England

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

Old Sarum K000139
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Loch Lomond, LNER and LMS poster, c 1940s
London Midland & Scottish and London & North Eastern Railway poster promoting Scotland for holidays. Artwork by Patrick MacIntosh

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Shire Horses pull the plough
A team of two white shire horses pull a light plough across a field of recently cut corn. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Orient Express train in a rural setting
The Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by

Picturesque Robbers Bridge near Oare, Exmoor, Somerset, England. Spring (May)

Cricket in an English Village
A classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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

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

North Devon Red Ruby cattle herd grazing in the rolling countryside, Black Dog, Devon, England. Summer (July)

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

Traversing the Aonach Eagach Ridge above Glencoe, Scottish Highlands

Godrevy Island and Lighthouse - from Gwithian - thrift - Cornwall - UK
DAC-269 Godrevy Island and Lighthouse - from Gwithian - thrift Cornwall - UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horse-drawn harvester
Two shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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)

Knowlton Church and Earthworks J940538
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS, Dorset. General view of the site from the West

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)

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

St Martha's Chapel, Guildford, Surrey, from Pewley Hill
St Martha's Chapel, Guildford, Surrey, viewed from Pewley Hill - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Mount Taranaki (Egmont), Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand

Two little girls in a garden by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

View across farmland towards distant fells, looking towards Pendle Hill, Clitheroe, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, November

Southdown Sheep Show showing the rear view of five sheep George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N12303

Avebury Stone Circle N070083
AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

UK, England, Cumbria, Lake District, Derwentwater, Skiddaw and Blencathra mountains above Keswick, from Cat Bells

Pretty cottages at Arlington Row in the Cotswolds village of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England. Summer (July)

Group of three Welsh women in traditional costume Date: circa 1890s

Trebah Garden - Spring - Cornwall, UK
DAC-1249 Trebah Garden - Spring Cornwall, UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

The mill at Sidlesham, 1900
A front view of the mill John Fletcher Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No: PH 26114/9

The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Fox Hunters toast a day on the hunt at their local
A group of riders and their hounds toast a day at the hunt outside a local pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Transportable Ciderpress
A transportable cider press in use at Pensford, Somerset South-west England) : the fruit is first ground in a mill, then crushed in a press to extract the cider

Hadrians Wall J060258
HADRIANs WALL, Northumberland. Hadrians Wall and Milecastle 39 looking east towards Crag Lough. hadrian

Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500
HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire

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

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

Bratton Camp & White Horse N070972
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE, Westbury, Wiltshire. Aerial view. Below an Iron Age hill fort, enclosing a much earlier long barrow, stands the Westbury White Horse

Middleham Castle K900428
MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, North Yorkshire. General view of the castle from the South West

Millet Gleaners
Glaneurs gleaning the corn field after the crop has been stored

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

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

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

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

Gold Hill in Winter, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

Ullswater from Gowbarrow Fell, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. Autumn

Ancient clapper bridge Tarr Steps spanning the River Barle in Exmoor, Somerset, England

One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal
One of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames

Hamsey Old Church near Lewes - 4 August 1948
View up the track to old St Peters church, now used only in summer and at Christmas. Shelter with discarded farm machinery on left. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. N30768

Duncton Church in snow - about February 1948
View across field to Holy Trinity Church. Hedge with small gate in the foreground. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N29489

The mill and waterwheel in Bosham, 18 May 1891
Rear view of the mill and stream. Fishing nets are hung out to dry on a stone wall. Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No PH 26113/70

Postman emptying the letterbox, 1960
The village postman collecting from the box by the pathway leading to Ebernoe Church. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N55114

Red deer stag
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in front of Sgurr Mor mountain. Photographed in Glen Garry, Scotland, in March

Land Girl at Cowdray, September 1939
Girl leading horse with cart Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N18619

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)

Portreath - wave breaks over pier in storm - Cornwall - UK
DAC-106 Portreath - wave breaks over pier in storm Cornwall - UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Union Workhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland
People walk over stepping stones across the River Wansbeck at Morpeth, Northumberland, with the Morpeth Union workhouse towering above them (centre of picture)

A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Cuckfield / Sussex / 1789
A scene at a quiet village fair in Cuckfield

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"Embracing the Serenity: Exploring the Rural Charms of England and France" Nestled amidst the breathtaking beauty of Derwent Water, with majestic Blencathra standing tall in the backdrop, lies a rural haven in Cumbria's Lake District. As dawn breaks over Glastonbury Tor, a mystical mist blankets the countryside below, painting an ethereal picture that captures the essence Somerset. Witnessing horses gracefully pulling ploughs through fertile fields is like stepping back in time - a timeless scene that epitomizes rural traditions. Chatsworth House stands as a magnificent testament to grandeur amidst Derbyshire's idyllic countryside, showcasing architectural brilliance within its rustic surroundings. The thunderous gallop of horses and baying hounds echo through rolling hills as fox hunting enthusiasts embark on their exhilarating chase - an age-old rural pursuit. Spanning across Aveyron's picturesque landscape, Millau Viaduct bridges not only physical gaps but also connects us to nature's wonders in this charming region of southern France. Hadrian's Wall winds its way through history and nature alike; Sycamore Gap serves as a striking reminder of how ancient ruins blend seamlessly into rural landscapes. Coopers diligently crafting wooden barrels exemplify centuries-old craftsmanship thriving within quaint workshops - preserving tradition one barrel at a time. Transport yourself to Scotland's enchanting Loch Lomond with this vintage poster from the 1940s; it beckons you to explore its tranquil shores and embrace nature’s serenity. Gypsy caravans evoke images of nomadic freedom against scenic backdrops; these vibrant abodes bring color and culture wherever they roam within Europe’s rural landscapes. A powerful Shire horse team takes center stage during Ploughing Match festivities – showcasing both strength and unity while honoring rural heritage.