Title

'Fire-bell Gate (and curfew), Barking, Essex', 1845. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Fire-bell Gate (and curfew), Barking, Essex', 1845. The Curfew Tower, or Fire Bell Gate, is almost all that remains of Barking Abbey, dissolved by Henry VIII in 1541. The tower was originally constructed in 1370 and rebuilt in c1460.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1845

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C57_436

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (9,6Mb) / 16,3in x 12,0in / 4886 x 3604 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior road building buildings London England people event house religious architecture street monastery tower religion barking color colour lane cottage avenue medieval gate location century outside 19th century mediaeval Middle Ages nineteenth century 15th century The Print Collector Barking & Dagenham Dissolution of the Monasteries 1540 fifteenth century TGN engraving Unknown Barking Abbey curfew tower Fire Bell Gate engraving