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Image title: Reading Abbey, Plate 1
Source: Grose, Francis: “The Antiquities of England and Wales” (1783)
Place shown: Reading, Berkshire, England
Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour
Status: public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required

Notes:

Publish’d the 24th of May 1784 by S. Hooper.

The abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I of England, who was buried here.

The abbey was closed at the Reformation, and used as a private home for a time.

See also The Friends of Reading Abbey Web page.

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