Images Dated 2006 March

Rain, Steam and Speed - 1844 Great Western Railway by Turner National Gallery Joseph

Rain, Steam and Speed - 1844
Great Western Railway
by Turner
National Gallery
Joseph Mallord William Turner (born in Covent Garden, London on April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed), died December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape artist, whose style can be said to lay the foundations for Impressionism.
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Bramshill Park in Hampshire by Garnet Wolseley by courtesy of Lord Brocket Bramshill

Bramshill Park in Hampshire
by Garnet Wolseley
by courtesy of Lord Brocket
Bramshill House has been the location of the Police Staff College, Bramshill since 1960. Previously it had been the home of Lord Brocket, and of the exiled King Michael I of Romania. The house stands in 269 acres of land, and is a Jacobean mansion. Reference to Bramshill (Bromeselle) can be traced back to Saxon times. In 1605, Edward Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, bought the property from Sir Stephen Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Kent, and demolished a large part of the building and began to build the present house. This was completed in 1612. In 1699 it passed to Sir John Cope. The famous Bramhill ghost is thought to be a member of Sir John Cope's family, and is associated with the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough.
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