30 Found Photos of England During Edwardian Era

   

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes expanded to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victorian era. Her son and successor, Edward VII, was already the leader of a fashionable elite that set a style influenced by the art and fashions of continental Europe.

 
Samuel Hynes described the Edwardian era as a “leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live conspicuously, and the sun really never set on the British flag.”
 
The Liberals returned to power in 1906 and made significant reforms. Below the upper class, the era was marked by significant shifts in politics among sections of society that had largely been excluded from power, such as laborers, servants, and the industrial working class. Women started to play more of a role in politics.
 
These amazing photos were found by Photos of the Past that show what life of England looked like during Edwardian era.
 
 
Cine camera and actors in armor

 

A day at the seaside

 

Bathing huts at the seaside

 

Berkshire. All Saints Church, Bisham

 

Birmingham Council House


Bradbury motorcycle

 

Cornwall. St Mary Magdalene, Launceston

 

Cornwall. Tintagel beach and Camelot Castle Hotel

 

Devon. Way before the floods, Lynmouth

 

Early Levis motorcycle

 

East Sussex. Beached submarine, possibly German U-Boat U131 at Hastings

 

Essex. Old Sun Inn, Market Hill, Saffron Walden

 

Family at the seaside

 

Farming scene - horse drawn reaper / harvester

 

Kent. Thames Ironworks coach

 

Large formal family portrait

 

London United Tramways car

 

London. Houses of Parliament

 

London. Newgate Street

 

Marlow. Riverside cottage and lock

 

Mystery hand-powered cart on railway track

 

On the river

 

Oxfordshire. Iffley Mill on the Thames, south of Oxford

 

Stratford-upon-Avon. Mason Croft

 

Tea with friends

 

Two men and a woman

 

Warwickshire. The Keep, Kenilworth Castle

 

Weston-Super-Mare. Crowded beach in front of the Claremont Hotel

 

Woman at the window, with her prized Aspidistra

 

 
Wounded soldiers on railway platform