Title

'The Holy Isle of Thorney With Its Ancient Abbey As It Appears Today', c1935. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Holy Isle of Thorney With Its Ancient Abbey As It Appears Today', c1935. Aerial view of the Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and the River Thames in London. Thorney Island was a small island on the Thames, upstream of medieval London, where the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster were built. From "Wonderful London, Volume 1", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D53_417

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 18,2in x 12,4in / 5468 x 3709 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Arthur St John exterior outdoors river building buildings London England River Thames Thames religious architecture boat boats politics religion bridge British geography railway station palace cityscape Westminster railway station century architectural Houses of Parliament train station Britain thirties abbey county hall Westminster Abbey United Kingdom B&W Westminster Bridge aerial view MONOCHROME Waterloo Station publication bird's eye view water transport black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Palace of Westminster City of Westminster The Print Collector geographical feature TGN outside Wonderful London photograph landscape Unknown John Arthur St John Adcock Adcock John Adcock houses of westminster Arthur St John Adcock photograph landscape