Title

'Whitby Abbey', c1870.

Caption

'Whitby Abbey', c1870. 7th-century Whitby Abbey, a centre of medieval Northumbria was confiscated by the crown under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536-1545 and is now a Grade I Listed building. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G26_035

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,8Mb (3,3Mb) / 14,9in x 16,4in / 4464 x 4914 (300dpi)

Keywords

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