Tower - St. Mary Major - 1865 (1865)

George Townsend
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RepositoryLibraryShelf
Devon West Country Studies MD
Illustration Reference
P&D44659
Location
CD 129 DVD 19
Publication Details
Date
1865
Scope and Content
Notes on verso read (the text is unreadable in many places):"The Norman tower of St Mary Major's Church. This [...] was regretted by many when the new church was built. [...] of St Mary's Yard,as also those of the adjacent Cathedral [...] place in 1867 to substantial iron fencing enclosing greensward, and at the same time narrowing the field of "Young Exeter's" operations on the 5th of Nov., the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.
Format
Drawing
Dimensions
139x230mm
Note
From Harry Hems collection, presented by Sir Channing Wills, 1916.
Aspects
Church towers
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1865