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Search over 1 million catalogue entries describing photographs, plans and drawings of England's buildings and historic sites, held in the Historic England Archive.

Including photographs dating from the 1850s to the present day
Ranging from architectural details to archaeological landscapes, from country houses to coal mines
Covering counties from Cornwall to Northumberland

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