Prior Collection (page 6)

EVACUEES AT CATFORD
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs Date: summer 1940

LONDON / CUSTOM HOUSE
Wrens Custom House, prior to the fire of 1718. Date: Circa 1710

Last heraldic court
The court was established some time prior to the late 14th century with jurisdiction over certain military matters, which came to include misuse of arms

The Old Temple Bar
The old, predominantly wooden structure that existed prior to the Great Fire in 1666, before it was redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren. Date: 19th century

Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, from the main entrance. Where Charles I was imprisioned prior to his trial in 1649. Date: 1885

Handley Page (Reading) H. P. R. 1 Marathon G-AMAY
Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.1 Marathon G-AMAY in storage at Woodley prior to conversion to T.11 Date: circa 1951

Handley Page (Reading) H. P. R. 1 Marathon G-ALVW
Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.1 Marathon G-ALVW in storage at Woodley prior to conversion to T.11 Date: circa 1951

Convair C-131B Samaritan O-53-7793 (MSN 245) assigned to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA 1974 designated NC-131B prior to re-engining as NC-131H

Grumman FF-1 9350
The first production Grumman FF-1, Bureau of Aeronautics number 9350, (company designation Grumman G-5), photographed prior to delivery to the United States Navy in 1933

Sopwith 2F. 1 Camel N7366
RNAS - Fleet Air Arm Sopwith 2F.1 Camel N7366 being started prior to flight.This photo of a Ships Camel shows the lack of hump

Farnborough 92 - SaB 340B - SE-C12
Farnborough 92 - American Eagle SaB 340B - SE-C12. A fresh off the production line SaB 2000 prior to delivery to American Eagle, still bearing the secondary registration of SE-C12. Date: 1992

Handglider prior to launch - Inkpen Beacon, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

The Surrender of Kroonstadt: Troops Marching Past Lord Roberts and Staff, 1901. Creator
The Surrender of Kroonstadt: Troops Marching Past Lord Roberts and Staff, 1901. Kroonstad - temporary capital of the Orange Free State - was surrendered to the British on the 11th May, 1900

Lord Roberts and His Staff Watching the Boers Retreat from Zand River; General French in Pursuit on the Extreme Left, 1901. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

The Reddersburg Mishap: Men of the Irish Rifles and Mounted Infantry Delivering Up Their Arms, 1901. Troops led by General Christiaan de Wet attacked a convoy of 600 of the Royal Irish Rifles

In Beleaguered Ladysmith - Watching for Buller from Observation Hill, 1900. Creator
In Beleaguered Ladysmith - Watching for Buller from Observation Hill, 1900. British surveillance from Observation hill in Spoin kop during the Second Boer War

Bonn, c1872. Creator: Thomas Abiel Prior
Bonn, c1872. Farming scene in the German countryside, with the city of Bonn and Bonn Minster in the distance. From " The Franco-Prussian War: its causes, incidents and consequences"

Bacharach, c1872. Creator: Thomas Abiel Prior
Bacharach, c1872. Boats on the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge, Germany. On the far shore is the town of Bacharach am Rhein

M. Prior, (1664-1721), 1830. Creator: Unknown
M. Prior, (1664-1721), 1830. Matthew Prior (1664-1721) English poet and diplomat educated at Westminster School and St Johns College, Cambridge, appointed a gentleman to William III

Ferrar, (died 1555), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Ferrar, (died 1555), 1830. Robert Ferrar (died 1555) was prior of Nostell Priory and embraced the English Reformation, he was made Bishop of St

Alan Shepard Jr walks to Redstone launcher - Cape Canaveral
Alan Shepard Jr walks towards the Redstone launcher at Cape Canaveral prior to his successful 302mile suborbital lob on 5 May 1961. Date: 1961

Capt John Theilmann in Sikorsky S-51, G-AKCU, of BEA, r?
Capt John Theilmann in Sikorsky S-51, G-AKCU, of BEA, receives a Royal Mail Penant at Peterborough prior to the first helicopter-operated public mail service in the UK on 1 June 1948. Date: 1948

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to the Mercury capsule at the top of the Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather

Drawing of Hyde Park Corner after 1963 but prior to building of the InterContinental Hotel starting around 1968. Date: 1968

The flight structure of the Prospero X3 technology sate?
The flight structure of the Prospero X3 technology satellite, prior to electronic installation, during vibration testing at the BAC Space Systems Group, Bristol

Ranelagh House, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Ranelagh House, (c1878). Ranelagh House in Chelsea, London, was built in 1688-1689 by the Earl of Ranelagh, Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital which it adjoined. It was demolished in 1805

Entrance to Chiswick, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Entrance to Chiswick, (c1878). Street scene with smoking chimneys in the village of Chiswick, (now part of greater London)

In and Out About Fulham, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
In and Out About Fulham, (c1878). Views of various buildings in the village of Fulham near the River Thames, (now part of greater London): Fulham House and Ranelagh Lodge; Old Swan Tavern

Nell Gwynnes House, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Nell Gwynnes House, (c1878). View of Sandford Manor House, Waterford Road, Chelsea, (now part of London). The house is also known as Nell Gwynnes house

Peterborough House, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Peterborough House, (c1878). View of Peterborough House in Fulham, (now part of south-west London). The house (originally called Brightwells, or Rightwells)

Views in Old Stockwell, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Views in Old Stockwell, (c1878). Buildings in the village of Stockwell, (now part of south London): Old Mansion on Stockwell Common, 1792; Old Inn, Stockwell Common, 1794; Stockwell Chapel

Entrance to Astleys Theatre in 1820, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Entrance to Astleys Theatre in 1820, (c1878). Philip Astley, the father of modern circus, opened his Amphitheatre at Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, south London, in 1777

Old Views in Lambeth, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Old Views in Lambeth, (c1878). The village of Lambeth on the south bank of the River Thames, now part of greater London. Places listed are

The Surrey Theatre, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Surrey Theatre, (c1878). The Surrey Theatre stood in Blackfriars Road, London. Originally known as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy in 1782, it burnt down in 1799, in 1805

King Edwards School, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
King Edwards School, (c1878). King Edwards School in St Georges Road, Southwark, London. Bridewell Royal Hospital was founded in the 16th century

Lord Thurlows House, Knights Hill, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Lord Thurlows House, Knights Hill, (c1878). Large house known as Knights Hill, built for Edward Thurlow by Henry Holland. It was burnt down in 1809

Old Camberwell Mill, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Old Camberwell Mill, (c1878). Windmill in the village of Camberwell, (now part of south east London). Post mill first mentioned in 1709, which had fallen out of use by about 1831

Old Camberwell Church in 1750, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Old Camberwell Church in 1750, (c1878). St Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street, south London. The church burned down in February 1841

Charlton House in 1845, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Charlton House in 1845, (c1878). Jacobean red-brick manor house, constructed 1607-1612, at Woolwich Common, (now in greater London)

Floating Dock, Deptford (1820), (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Floating Dock, Deptford (1820), (c1878). The Royal Navy Dockyard at Deptford on the River Thames operated from the mid-16th to the late 19th century

Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Street scene on Jamaica Row near Mill Pond Bridge in Bermondsey, south London, with ships on the River Thames in the distance

The Old Tabard Inn, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Old Tabard Inn, (c1878). View of the courtyard of the Talbot Inn, formerly known as the Tabard Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark, London

The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century, (c1878). Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London. Marshalsea was particularly known as a debtors prison

The Mint, Southwark, in 1825, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Mint, Southwark, in 1825, (c1878). The Mint was a district in south London, named after the royal mint set up there c1543

The Borough, High Street, in 1825, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Borough, High Street, in 1825, (c1878). Street scene and shops in Borough High Street, Southwark, south London. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places

The Old village of Vauxhall, with Entrance to the Gardens, in 1825, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Old village of Vauxhall, with Entrance to the Gardens, in 1825, (c1878). Street scene in Vauxhall, (now part of south London). The entrance to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens is on the left

The King Street Gateway, Whitehall, (1881). Creator: Unknown
The King Street Gateway, Whitehall, (1881). The Palace of Whitehall at Westminster, then a village outside London, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698

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Journeying through time with 'prior' glimpses: Matania's Last Absolution of the Munsters, a poignant reminder of sacrifice. Folly Ditch and Jacobs Island (c1878), an enigmatic creation by an unknown artist, capturing the essence of forgotten places. Reminiscing prior to Coltishalls At Home day, where camaraderie and memories intertwine. The humble DOLLY TUB, a relic from simpler times when laundry was done by hand. Astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom in the chow line at ?, a snapshot of humanity amidst celestial exploration. Louis Wain's whimsical artwork reminds us that possession is nine points of the law. Gazing upon Croydon from the Air reveals a bustling cityscape before modernization took hold. Ernest Shackleton meticulously prepares for his trans-antarctic expedition, embodying determination prior to conquering nature's harshest challenges. R. M. S Queen Mary sets sail in May 1936 as a symbol of elegance and luxury on the seas. Italy Map Pre-Unity unveils historical divisions before unification brought harmony to its diverse regions. Major Herbert George Brackley - Superintendant stands tall, exemplifying discipline and leadership prior to facing adversity head-on. Avro Lincoln being refueled at Blackbush signifies progress in aviation technology during earlier eras.