Items taken from The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783) (results page 1)

Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

A bookplate (ex libris) from inside the front cover of Volume III of Grose’sAntiquities. People who collected books would often have these printed onto labels that they would paste inside the covers o [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-14

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour version The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This is a lower-resolution scan of thebookplage.

Keywords: bookplates, colour, heraldry

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Added: 2007-05-14

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Antique map of Kent The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This map of Kent was published in 1783; it shows, in the Lathe of Sutton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Eltham, Lewisham, Brownley, Dartford, S. Mary Cray, Dunton, Farmingham, Sevenoke [Sevenoak], Westerham. S [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

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Added: 2007-08-13

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Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1 The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

Pub 10thSept. 1784. by S. Hooper. R GodfreySc.Leibourn Castle (Plate I.)“This castle takes its name from the parish and manor of Laborne, or Leibourn, wherein it stands; and which is situated towards [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Leybourne; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Ostenhanger House, Kent, Plate I The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

Ostenhanger was merged with next-door Westenhanger Castle in 1509; today the manor is open for weddings but the part shown in this woodcut appears to be in ruins.The plate is signed Godfrey. Sc. (i.e. [...]

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

Places shown: Westenhanger; Hythe; Kent; England

Added: 2013-05-01

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The Chapel of St. Pancras in St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

The ruins of this little oratory stand near the south-easternmost part of the Abbey-close. It is commonly supposed to be of great antiquity, but this opinion is controverted by Somner, who gives very [...]

Keywords: ruins, chapels, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2009-04-07

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The White Tower, or Tower of London The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

“Thistower was erected anno 1079, by William the Conqueror, as a keep to a fortress begun by him in the year 1067, to awe the citizens of london; the architect was Gundulph, bishop of Rochester. Fitz [...]

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

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-04-11

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