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Title: The castles and abbeys of England; Vol. 2 of 2 from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authors
Illustrator: W. Whimper C. Cousen W.H. (William Henry) Bartlett J. C. Bentley A. Willmore S. Bradshaw E. Brandard W. Deebles S. T. Davis
Release Date: November 21, 2020 [EBook #63832]
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FROM THE NATIONAL RECORDS, EARLY CHRONICLES, AND OTHER STANDARD AUTHORS.
GRAD. OF EDIN.; MEMB. OF THE ROYAL COLL. OF PHYS., LONDON; OF THE HIST. INSTIT. OF FRANCE; AUTHOR OF “SWITZERLAND,” “SCOTLAND,” “THE WALDENSES,” “RESIDENCE IN GERMANY,” ETC. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-SEVEN ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL AND NUMEROUS WOODCUTS.
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 48 LONDON STREET, GLASGOW.
CHEPSTOW CASTLE, from the Iron Bridge across the Wye.--This View, looking towards the West, shows part of the Town, the Castle Gate, the Citadel, the Keep, or Marten’s Tower, the Western Gate, the House and Groves Persefield, with the precipitous banks of the River. W. H. BARTLETT. C. COUSEN. 3
CHEPSTOW CASTLE AND BRIDGE, taken from the right bank of the Wye, near the West Gate of the Castle.--This View, looking Eastward, shows the principal features of the Castle on the right; the New Bridge, the Harbour, with the Scenery on the left bank of the Wye. W. H. BARTLETT. E. BRANDARD. 13