Old
Photos of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and The British
Isles.

Cambridgeshire,
Cambridge, Jesus College
This
website is an archives of old
photos of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, including England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the rest of the British Isles, and
the Republic of Ireland (which of course is not in the United
Kingdom).
This
website was launched in July of 2005, with the intention of
preserving old pictures in perpetuity, and displaying as many
old photographs
as we can of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Republic
of
Ireland,
the
Isle of
Man and the Channel Islands.
This
is a free to view website, that doesn't sell images, purely displays
them for your pleasure. It will never be complete, and is already
(2009) one of the most useful of resources available on the internet,
enjoying literally millions of hits a year.
Images are filed first by country, then by (historical) county, thus making
it simple to find photos of any location. In addition, if you want to find
a photograph quickly, enter any search term you like in the search box below.
The
majority of the photographs are dating from the 1890's and 1900's.
Most topographical photographs in those days were taken by photographers
working for postcard companies, so many of these images are scanned
from old postcards. We have old photos of the smallest villages,
and we have old photos of the great cities like Cardiff, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, London, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.
There is something for everyone.
We
have far more photos of some counties than others, and we will
redress the balance, hopefully with your help. Together we can
make this the best photographic resource on the Internet.
The
United Kingdom of Great Britain consists of England, Northern
Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom has arguably
some of the most picturesque countryside and friendliest people
in the whole world, and our photographs of life between the 1890's
and the 1960's will attempt to illustrate some of the beauty
within the four member countries.
From
the mountains of Wales, to the glens of Scotland. To the unique
architecture of Ireland and the great mansions of England. You
will find pictures of them all here, and much more besides.
We
intend to build the site into a reference site of great interest,
a unique resource that you will want to return to time and time
again.
There
are many of us with old photographs and postcards of the countries
that make up the United Kingdom. Indeed, postcard collecting
has become a popular and worthwhile hobby.
These
photos are a pictorial record of our times, and those of our
ancestors. With your contribution we can build a wonderful archives
of these images.
2008 update - I am in the process of writing a new website which
displays old and contemporary photographs of places of worship
the world over. The site is in its' infancy, and has begun with
Anglesey in Wales. These are high resolution photographs.
Click Here.

New - I am in the process of adding many
hundreds of old photos of film stars and stars of the stage dating
from the early 1900's to the 1960's.. It is very early days, but
eventually there will be lots of
old
pictures of your favourite actors and actresses. Please be patient,
I have just begun. See the link below for Film Stars.
Together
we can build a wonderful archives of old images in order
that generations yet to come may still enjoy them. If you have
any
old, vintage, historical, Edwardian or Victorian pictures
of
England,
Ireland,
Scotland, Wales or the rest of the British Isles,
from
the earliest
years, and right up to the 1960's, not only of the places
you live or have lived, but also your old family photos, then
please
do scan them for display and preservation on this website.
Please scan them in at a high resolution, preferably either
1280
pixels
in width, or for portrait style photographs 1280 pixels in
height. Please take time to read the Copyright
Statement. and
then email your scanned pictures here.
I hope
you enjoy
your visit, and I would be obliged if you would add the site
to your favourites, as there will be frequent additions. For
speed
of
download the
pictures
are all in thumbnail size, so just double click on any thumbnail
and it will display the image in high resolution, then press
your back button to return to the subject page.
This
website, since its' launch in 2005, has probably become the largest
old photographic website in the United Kingdom, and enjoys over
2 million hits a year.
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Oude Foto's van Engeland, Ierland, Schotland en Wales in het Verenigd
Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië.
Vieilles photographies de l'Angleterre, de l'Irlande, de l'Ecosse
et du Pays de Gales au Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne.
Alte Fotographien von England, von Irland, von Schottland und
von Wales im Vereinigten Königreich von Großbritannien.
Vecchie fotografie dell'Inghilterra, dell'Irlanda, della Scozia
e del Galles nel Regno Unito della Gran Bretagna.
Fotografias velhas de Inglaterra, de Ireland, de Scotland e de
Wales no Reino Unido de Grâ Bretanha.
Viejas fotografías de Inglaterra, de Irlanda, de Escocia
y de País de Gales en el Reino Unido d
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