The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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Medmenham Abbey . Temple House , the seat of Owen Williams , Esq . Harleyford House , the seat of Sir William Clayton . Bisham Abbey , seat of George Vansittart , Esq . Great Marlow . Cookham Church . Taplow House . Maidenhead Bridge .
Medmenham Abbey . Temple House , the seat of Owen Williams , Esq . Harleyford House , the seat of Sir William Clayton . Bisham Abbey , seat of George Vansittart , Esq . Great Marlow . Cookham Church . Taplow House . Maidenhead Bridge .
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The small remains of Medmenham , the ancient figure of Bisham Abbey , HarleyfordHouse and its woody uplands , are succeeded by the town of Marlow , whence through various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Cliefden appear in the ...
The small remains of Medmenham , the ancient figure of Bisham Abbey , HarleyfordHouse and its woody uplands , are succeeded by the town of Marlow , whence through various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Cliefden appear in the ...
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Ciss , a king of the West Saxons , built a spacious abbey here about the year 675 , when the place assumed the name of Abandun ... it recovered its magnificence , and rivalled in wealth and grandeur the first abbeys in the kingdom .
Ciss , a king of the West Saxons , built a spacious abbey here about the year 675 , when the place assumed the name of Abandun ... it recovered its magnificence , and rivalled in wealth and grandeur the first abbeys in the kingdom .
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Its manor and church were afterwards granted to the Abbey of Reading , as appears from the confirmation of the charter of Henry the Second , its founder , by Hubert , Archbishop of Canterbury , and Robert , Bishop of Sarum .
Its manor and church were afterwards granted to the Abbey of Reading , as appears from the confirmation of the charter of Henry the Second , its founder , by Hubert , Archbishop of Canterbury , and Robert , Bishop of Sarum .
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... with so much skill , and such a blended attention to picturesque shape and utility , that we are almost deluded from lamenting how many of the huge stones which compose it , were brought from the violated remains of Reading Abbey .
... with so much skill , and such a blended attention to picturesque shape and utility , that we are almost deluded from lamenting how many of the huge stones which compose it , were brought from the violated remains of Reading Abbey .
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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