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![[picture: Front Cover, Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, Vol I]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-349x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, Vol I]")
Francis Grose, Esq., FAS., The Antiquities of England and Wales, Being a Collection of Views of the Most remarkable Ruins and antient Buildings, Accurately drawn on the spot. To each view is added An Historical Accounf of its Situation, when and by whom built, with every interesting Circumstance relating thereto. Collected from the best authorities.
London, Printed by C. Clarke, for S. Hooper, No. 212 High Holborn, opposite Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, M.DCC.LXXXIII [1783]
My copy of Volume I is falling apart, but that at least means I don’t have to worry about damaging the binding when I scan the pictures. I took a photograph of this book open to the title page.
I wish I had more volumes of this series. I also obtained volume 3, but it came without the maps, unfortunately. The perils of eBay!
The maps in this series of books were originally engraved in about 1694 for John Seller’s Anglia Contracta. John Seller was a noted map maker and publisher of the second half of the 17th century, known especially for his sea charts. Years later Francis Grose got hold of the engraved plates for the maps and used them in this popular series of Antiquities, removing the John Seller cartouche. The colour in the maps would have been added by hand after printing.
There is a short biography of Francis Grose from 1814.
Captain Francis Grose is also known for compiling dictionaries. I have a copy of his Provincial Glossary. He also wrote a dictionary of slang; Project Gutenberg has made a text version of an 1811 version of this (I have a fac simile edition) and I have used this as a starting point, corrected many errors, and put it online as the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Captain Francis Grose.
Title: The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I
Published by: C. Clarke, for S. Hooper
City: London
Date: 1783
Total items: 53
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/wm/big/000p111-Grand-Door-of-Barfreston-Church-q75-146x200.jpg "[picture: The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.]")
The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.
On some of these arches is commonly over the key-stone represented God the Father, or our Saviour surrounded with angels; and below a melange of foliage, animals, often ludicrous, and sometimes even indecent subjects. Partly of this sort is the great [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/wm/big/00p135-Druidical-Antiquities-05-q75-305x200.jpg "[picture: Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea]")
Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea
The modern spelling of Plaisnewdd is Plas Newydd; this megalithic burial chamber is near the National Trust site at Bryn Celli Ddu in Anglesey (Ynys Mon). [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Map of Berkshire]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/wm/big/Berkshire-q85-236x200.jpg "[picture: The Map of Berkshire]")
A public domain map of the County of Berkshire in England, from 1783.
Note: I have only a very few of these: I own volumes one and two of the series, but volume two was sold to me via eBay and was entirely without maps when it arrived. I will try to pick up more volumes, but they average US$300 or more each and there are nine of them.
Places marked on the map include the following: Abbington, Ashbury, Bagshot [Surrey], Bernejam, Billingsbere, Bishopton [Wilts], Blackwater, Blubery, Botley, Boxford, Brightwalton, Buclkand, Camton, Caver [Oxon.], Cheveley, Chilton [Wilts], Chmilsey [?], Colbrok [Bucks], Dorchester [Oxon.], Draton, Eaton, E. Isley, Enborne, Eversley [Hampshire], Faringdon, Farnborow, Frilsham, Garford, Goring [Oxon.], Habgourne, Hamsted, Hedsore [Bucks], Henley [Oxon.], Henny, Highworth [Wilts.], Hurley, Hurst, Inglesham, Ipsden [Oxon.], Karkham, Kennet St., Kennort fl. [river], Kennyngton, Lamborne, Longworth, Luddon fl. [river], Madenhead, Marlows [Bucks], Maston [Wilts], Newberry, Okingham, Oxford [Oxon.], Padworth, Reding, Ruscombe, Sandherst, Shaftbrok, Shauborn, Shaw, Shelfords, Shinfeld, Shiplake [Oxon.], Shrivenham, Silhamsteds, Spene, Staines [Bucks], Stanford, Steventon, Stretfeld, Stretley, [more...] [$]
![[picture: Religious Orders]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/wm/big/00p90-religious-orders-254x200.jpg "[picture: Religious Orders]")
A note on page 90 reads: The names of the orders delineated in the annexed plate, follow in the same succession in which the figures stand; beginning with the nun on the left, and reckoning towards the right: the same order is observed with respect to the sitting figures.——A Benedictine nun; a monk of the same order; a Cluniac; a Cistertian and [...]sic); a canon of the Hospital of St John at Coventry; chaplain of the order of St. John of Jerusalem. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Coats of Armor (Armour) and medieval (Mediaeval) weapons]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/wm/big/00-50-types-of-armour-128x200.jpg "[picture: Coats of Armor (Armour) and medieval (Mediaeval) weapons]")
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