Volume: Furness Abbey - Volume 1

Date:
1920 - 1976
Location:
Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Reference:
AL0689
Type:
Volume Containing Photographic Material
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Description

An album of 41 pages containing 51 black and white photographic prints and 8 photographic postcards showing various views around the abbey. The photographs are mainly Office of Works and Department of the Environment record photography, but include 2 prints produced by the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester and published in Medieval Architecture and Sculpture in the North West. One of the photographs is a copy of a measured drawing showing the historical ground plan of the site. The postcards are produced by the Ministry of Works.

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/01 The 'Blue Albums'; within the Collection: OWS01 Office Of Works And Successors: Ancient Monuments And Historic Buildings

This Volume is divided into 59 Child Records
This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Postcard - Photographic): 8
Photograph (Print): 51
Photograph Album: 1

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

© Whitworth Art Gallery

Keywords

Medieval Cistercian Monastery, Medieval Abbey, Derelict Or Ruin