Volume: Whitby Abbey - Volume 1 - Before Preservation

Description

An album of 48 pages containing 53 black and white prints. The prints are all of the Monastery Church. The majority show the site before the renovation work of the 1920s, but there are some views of this work, including a set at the back showing the west wall of the nave being repaired. The album is divided into sections by white leaves with titles, the different sections show different parts of the church with a large miscellaneous section at the back.

Many of the prints are undated, but those with dates range from 1876 to 1925 and the undated prints may all potentially fit within this range. The renovation work on the west end took place in 1922, that on the crossing was finished by Mid- 1925, and the eastern half was still being repaired in 1925.

The photographs all have Office of Works numbers but some have different numbers scratched into the negative

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 contains the following materials:

Photograph (Print): 53

Photograph Album: 1

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive