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Front Cover, The River Dee The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

My copy is bound in full read leather with a gold vine-leaf motif border.

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Added: 2006-10-11

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Chester, from the Alford Road. The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee.

Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2018-08-07

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Title Page, The River Dee The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

THE RIVER DEEITS ASPECT AND HISTORYBy J. S. HOWSON, D.D.dean of chester.With ninety-three illustrations on wood / from drawings by A;fred RimmerLondonVirtus, Spalding, & Co., 26, Ivy LanePaternoster R [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, page images

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Added: 2006-10-11

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Remains of Valle Crucis Abbey The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“It was exactly in the year 1200 that Madoc, Lord of Bromfield, at the time when Prince Llewellyn was contending with King John, founded this monastic house in a deep hollow, already called the Valley [...]

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

Places shown: Llangollen; Denbigh; Wales

Added: 2005-07-12

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Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park, The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

bwpicshas a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century.“[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norman [...]

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

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall. The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-04-23

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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, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s Street The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2010-08-12

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Water Tower, with Roman Hypocaust The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...]

Keywords: towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-19

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]

Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-10-11

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Chapter-head: Greek or Egyptian Frieze The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

This Victorian border, ornament or frieze is in the style of a frieze from a classical Greek temple, a style that was also imitated in Roman and (later) Egyptian decoration. It was printed above the s [...]

Keywords: ornaments, borders, decoration, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-11

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Decorative initial “L” with wild flowers and weeds The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

A decorative initial capital letter “L” used at the start of a chapter. This one featuers thistles, clover (or shamrock), and a flower that could be a daisy.Update: it’s thistles (Scotland), shamrocks [...]

Keywords: initials, letterl, flowers, weeds, wild flowers, thistles, shamrocks, roses, england, scotland, ireland, symbols, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-11

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Mace and Sword of Chester The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

The ceremonial mace and sword of the city of Chester.

Keywords: weapons, symbols, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-09-15

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Heron Bridge The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Heron Bridge appears to be just South of Chester, near Chester Meadows, probably in what is now called Handbridge, near Boughton.The picture shows a path with a gate or stile in a fence, cows ankle-de [...]

Keywords: rivers, bridges, water, cows, animals, trees, houses, birds, fences, country scenes, greyscale

Places shown: Heron Bridge; Chester; England

Added: 2019-01-15

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Eaton Hall The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, is situated in a very large, though hardly picturesque, park, which is liberally thrown open to strangers, and, in consequence, is a greatboon [...]

Keywords: stately homes, bridges, parks, trees, cattle, towers, manor houses, greyscale

Places shown: Ecclestone; Cheshire; England

Added: 2020-07-20

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Bryn-y-Pys The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

This hall was built in the late 1730s, was remodelled in the 1850s, and, having fallen into disrepair, was demolished in 1956. The engraving here was printed in 1875 and probably shows the hall after [...]

Keywords: stately homes, mansions, houses, buildings, trees, parks, views, windows, parks, deer, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Bryn-Y-Pys; Overton-on-Dee; Denbigh; Wales

Added: 2019-01-13

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