A view showing a deformed Norman arch in the triforium level of the east side of the nave. The tower above the arch was too heavy for the soft clay underneath the foundations, causing subsidence.

Date:: 1880 - 1920

Location:: Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire

Reference:: OP12849

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/46 Early Photographic Print Collection: North Yorkshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Maitland, W

Donor: Buckley, George Granville

Keywords

Romanesque, Medieval Abbey