Sujet

Ruins of the Convent of Franciscan Friars, at Dunwich, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Ruins of the Convent of Franciscan Friars, at Dunwich, [Suffolk], 1850. 'From the discovery of Roman coins here, the idea of a Roman station was consequently adopted. With respect to its ecclesiastical history, we learn that Felix, the Burgundish Bishop, whom Sigebert, King of the East Angles, brought here to re-convert his subjects to Christianity, fixed his episcopal see at Dunwich, in the year 636...there were at Dunwich two houses of Franciscan and Dominican friars; each of which foundations had their respective churches. The walls of this house still remain, within an enclosure of seven acres, with the arches of two out of the three gates by which they were entered...There is nothing remarkable in their construction; but, being covered with ivy, they form a picturesque object'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_041

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,3Mo (3,3Mo) / 37,8cm x 42,0cm / 4463 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel building buildings England religious monastery religion British church ruins ruin Christianity Victorian century Britain newspapers press overgrown concept ruined Suffolk B&W tourist attraction engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century tourism The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Dunwich 19th-century