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cloisters: a columned walk in a monastery or abbey; a courtyard with arches or columns or pillars around it or with an open colonnade on one side ,for monks to walk and pray.

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Much Wenlock Abbey.

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s School

The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.

King’s School, Chester, Web site

Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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Magdalen Cloisters

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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