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

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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.

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 almost 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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