British Topography

Victorian illustration to download showing a tramp at a stile approaching a village – the church spire rises in the distance. He carries his belongings on his stick.

Victorian illustration to download showing Cremorne Gardens, London pleasure gardens, by night. An orchestra plays in a brightly-lit pavilion above a dance floor.

Victorian illustration showing the inauguration by the Prince Consort of the Albert Viaduct, Saltash in 1859. Crowds cheer as the Prince boards the Royal Train which will soon cross the…

View of a northern industrial town, Leeds. Smoke rises from the tall chimneys of mills and factories, and terrace housing for workers has been built.

A horse fair in Lincoln. The main street is busy with horse dealers and customers. Lincoln Cathedral rises in the background.

Maypole dancers perform on the lawn at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, watched by a well-dressed crowd.

Passengers with luggage and baskets gather on the landing stage to board the New Holland paddle steamer ferry across the Humber. Behind them a steam train travels along the New…

Huge blocks of ice 2 feet thick block the river Thames at London Bridge, February 1870.

Horse-drawn traffic and predestrians crowd Fleet Street, London in 1848.