The antiquities of England and Wales . THE ANTIQUITIES O F ENGLAND and WALES: BEING A COLLECTION of VIEWS OF THE Moft remarkable Ruins and antient Buildings, ACCURATELY DRAWN ON THE SPOT. TO EACH VIEW IS ADDED An Hiftorical Account of its Situation, when and by whom built, with everyinterefting Circumftance relating thereto. COLLECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES: By FRANCIS GROSE, Efq; I. THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: PRINTED BY C. CLARKE,For S. Hooper, N° 188, the Corner of Arundel Street, Strand. loo JAN 111866 103?©19. INTRODUCTION. A S in the co
The antiquities of England and Wales . THE ANTIQUITIES O F ENGLAND and WALES: BEING A COLLECTION of VIEWS OF THE Moft remarkable Ruins and antient Buildings, ACCURATELY DRAWN ON THE SPOT. TO EACH VIEW IS ADDED An Hiftorical Account of its Situation, when and by whom built, with everyinterefting Circumftance relating thereto. COLLECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES: By FRANCIS GROSE, Efq; I. THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: PRINTED BY C. CLARKE,For S. Hooper, N° 188, the Corner of Arundel Street, Strand. loo JAN 111866 103?©19. INTRODUCTION. A S in the courfe of the enfuing work many terms andallufions may occur, unintelligible to perfons who havenot made the antiquities of this country their imme-diate ftudy; and who would, for information, be obligedto turn over a variety of books; to thefe a general hi-ftory of ancient caftles, explaining the terms relative totheir conftruction, garrifons and privileges, with themachines ufed for their attack and defence, will beufeful, if not neceffary: the fame may be faid on thefubjec~t of abbies and other monaftic foundations. Illustrative accounts of both are therefore heregiven, compiled from the beft authorities ; and as moft? of thefe buildings are either of the Saxon architecture, orof that flile commonly called Gothic, fome chara6ter-iftic marks and principles of the firft are pointed out,and an investigation of the origin of the latter being quoted in feveral defcriptions,fome particulars of that ancient record, with a fpecimenof the h
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