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Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey History of Wales (1853)

West Front, Monmouthshire

Drawn by H Gastineau, Engraved by H. W. Bond.

The Abbey now seems to be a hotel.

Llanthony Priory Abbey Hotel

Keywords: abbeys, churches, trees, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-04-07

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Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition) History of Wales (1853)

A cropped and resized version ofPlate 18for use as a dekstop background image.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, abbeys, churches, trees, ruins, colour

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-04-07

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Penrice Castle: The Gate-House. Castles (1926)

“This is the largest, but not [according to Sir Charles Oman] the most interesting, of the three castles of Gower. For though itsenciente, round keep and gate-house are standing, it as as mere masses [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Penrice; Gower Peninsula; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-03-15

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Plate 20.—St. Dogmael’s Priory History of Wales (1853)

St. Dogmael’s Prioty was founded by the Tironensians, a French order of monks similar to the Benedictines.St. Dogmael was a “Welsh monk of the house of Cunedda, the son of Ithel ab Ceredig ab Cunedda [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, trees, sheep, gravestones, greyscale

Places shown: St Dogmaels; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2005-05-31

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Plan of Pembroke Castle Castles (1926)

“Pembroke possess one curiosity unparalleled in other British castles: under the inner ward on the north side is an immense natural cavern, called the Wogan, 70 feet long and 50 broad, which was from [...]

Keywords: castles, maps, plans, greyscale

Places shown: Pembroke; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2005-05-05

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Upton Castle: The Gate-House Castles (1926)

Situated on a narrow creek running up from Milford Haven—quite a separate one from that on which Carew lies, but only two and a half miles from that great castle, is a smaller stronghold, very typical [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, battlements, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Upton; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2009-04-04

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Harlech Castle Castles (1926)

The Main-Gate House

A 13th Century castle built by Edward I.

Keywords: castles, towers, entrances, water, ruins, colour

Places shown: Harlech; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2003-03-21

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Harlech Castle Castles (1926)

The View from the South West

lecaritook apicture of Harlech Castlein 2003.

Keywords: towers, castles, houses, hills, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Harlech; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2004-03-04

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Harlech Castle Castles (1926)

Ground Plan

I found another one by Shawn Brownherewith more detail and aPDF version.

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Harlech; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2004-03-04

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Chirk Castle Castles (1926)

The Courtyard.

Keywords: castles, manors, windows, doors, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Chirk; Denbighshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-04

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Plate 23.—Llanthony Abbey. History of Wales (1853)

This engraving shows the ruins of Llanthony Priory in Wales.

I have left the sepia tint from the old ink and paper.

Keywords: ruins, churches, abbeys, arches, sheep, animals, people, sepia, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2015-01-17

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Bala Town and Lake The British Isles (1905)

Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, North Wales; when this picture was taken, the town was rather small.

Keywords: old photographs, lakes, towns, views, greyscale

Places shown: Y Bala; Merionethshire; Wales

Added: 2008-07-14

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[Festiniog Railway Locomotive] Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“In the example here given, the engine is on two trucks [bogies]. The one end can be turned so that the double sets of wheels are not in the same straight line. In practice it is found that bogie carr [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2006-06-08

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Llantisilio Church History of Wales (1853)

Llantisilio Church, Vale of Llangollen, DenbighshireDrawn by H. Gastineau; Engraved by H. Adlard.The modern spelling is Llantysilio.The church was founded some time before the 12th Century, with much [...]

Keywords: views, trees, people, sheep, animals, birds, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Llantysilio; Denbighshire; Wales

Added: 2005-10-21

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Tintern Abbey England Beautiful (1936)

A ruined abbey in South-East Wales.

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-06

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Coity Castle, Glamorganshire History of Wales (1853)

A wood-engraving of the ruins of Coity Castle, complete with a young woman carrying a basket and a spade, perhaps growing vegetables in the former courtyard! The castle does not appear to be mentioned [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, people, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Bridgend; Glamorganshire; Wales

Added: 2008-09-28

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Plate 40.—Caerphilli Castle, Glamorganshire History of Wales (1853)

[unknown artist]

There is an officialCaerphilly Castleweb site (note modern spelling), complete with an image gallery.

Keywords: ruins, castles, clouds, cattle, colour

Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2003-09-03

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Plate 41.—Cardiff Castle History of Wales (1853)

The castle dates from 1090 or so; Robert son of William I was imprisoned there for 26 years. Cardiff is now capital of Wales; in 1904 it had a population of 164,333.

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2003-09-03

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42.—Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire History of Wales (1853)

The book does not discuss Denbigh Castle at all as far as I can tell. The castle was started in the 1280s by Edward I; like so many castles in Britain it was demolished as part of the English Civil Wa [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, people, towers, arches, trees, animals, cattle, greyscale

Places shown: Denbigh; Denbighshire; Wales

Added: 2006-09-20

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43.—Basingwork Abbey History of Wales (1853)

Basingwork Abbey, Flintshire; drawn by H Gastineau; engraved by H. Jorden.

The Abbey was founded in 1132; there is a modern picture at theHolywelltourism Web site.

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, trees, animals, people, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Holywell; Flintshire; Wales

Added: 2005-03-02

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