Dr Pete Collinge
@petec1780.bsky.social
Historian of 18th and 19th century businesswomen, poor laws, health, leisure, travel and tourism, art and architecture. Photos my own.
A cold, early morning and a sliver of moon today in Derbyshire.📷mine. #sunrise #derbyshire
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A cold, early morning and a sliver of moon today in Derbyshire.📷mine. #sunrise #derbyshire
Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, exhibits a huge range of architectural styles.📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #georgian #tudor
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, exhibits a huge range of architectural styles.📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #georgian #tudor
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Autumn sunshine, Shibden Hall, Halifax. 📷 mine.
October 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Autumn sunshine, Shibden Hall, Halifax. 📷 mine.
Door in Trastevere, Rome. 📷mine.
September 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Door in Trastevere, Rome. 📷mine.
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Roman Forum. 📷mine
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Roman Forum. 📷mine
Villa d'Este. Glorious. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Villa d'Este. Glorious. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape
The screen passage leading to the courtyard, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. 📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #derbyshire
August 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The screen passage leading to the courtyard, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. 📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #derbyshire
Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Jacobean house near the river Trent. 📷mine.
August 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Jacobean house near the river Trent. 📷mine.
August 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My attempt at capturing mood at St Bartholomew's this afternoon. 📷mine. @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social #architecture #interior #churches
August 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My attempt at capturing mood at St Bartholomew's this afternoon. 📷mine. @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social #architecture #interior #churches
Seen today in Buxton: Christmas cards. It's 1 August.📷mine.
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Seen today in Buxton: Christmas cards. It's 1 August.📷mine.
Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire, c1580. The hall was demolished in 1927 and the estate broken up in 1960.📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #staffordshire #elizabethan #16thcentury
July 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire, c1580. The hall was demolished in 1927 and the estate broken up in 1960.📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #staffordshire #elizabethan #16thcentury
Breakfast on the terrace. 📷mine
July 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Breakfast on the terrace. 📷mine
Neo-renaisance palazzo (1860s, enlarged 1890s). Originally Derby Poor Law Guardians Offices. Later Education Offices then nightclub. Derelict. In the top 10 list of the Victorian Society's endangered buildings. 📷mine
@thevicsoc.bsky.social #architecture #landscape #abandonedplaces #19thcentury
@thevicsoc.bsky.social #architecture #landscape #abandonedplaces #19thcentury
July 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Neo-renaisance palazzo (1860s, enlarged 1890s). Originally Derby Poor Law Guardians Offices. Later Education Offices then nightclub. Derelict. In the top 10 list of the Victorian Society's endangered buildings. 📷mine
@thevicsoc.bsky.social #architecture #landscape #abandonedplaces #19thcentury
@thevicsoc.bsky.social #architecture #landscape #abandonedplaces #19thcentury
Copy of Objects of Poverty has arrived. Thanks to Joe Harley and Vicky Holmes for a great editing job. My contribution looks at what global goods were available to workhouse inmates. #bloomsbury #18thcentury #poverty #workhouses #georgian
July 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Copy of Objects of Poverty has arrived. Thanks to Joe Harley and Vicky Holmes for a great editing job. My contribution looks at what global goods were available to workhouse inmates. #bloomsbury #18thcentury #poverty #workhouses #georgian
July 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Chimneys above the Clock Court, Hampton Court Palace. 📷mine. #architecture #hamptoncourt #historicroyalpalaces
June 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chimneys above the Clock Court, Hampton Court Palace. 📷mine. #architecture #hamptoncourt #historicroyalpalaces
Sunlight casting a through the oculus in the Saloon at Kedleston, Derbyshire. 📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #georgian #interior #18thcentury #NTkedleston #nationaltrust
June 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Sunlight casting a through the oculus in the Saloon at Kedleston, Derbyshire. 📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #georgian #interior #18thcentury #NTkedleston #nationaltrust
A green enfilade. Renishaw Hall Gardens. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape
June 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A green enfilade. Renishaw Hall Gardens. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape
Spitalfields. 📷mine. #architecture #London
June 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spitalfields. 📷mine. #architecture #London
May 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
End of the Wellingtonia Walk, Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire. 📷mine. #nationaltrust #gardens.
May 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
End of the Wellingtonia Walk, Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire. 📷mine. #nationaltrust #gardens.
Roses, alliums and peonies with Belvoir Castle as a backdrop. 📷mine. #gardens #belvoircastle
May 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Roses, alliums and peonies with Belvoir Castle as a backdrop. 📷mine. #gardens #belvoircastle