Description

Identification note: Underhill collection

Notes: entry for 67 & 68 corrected by CG on 9.11.2016 and references inserted

Summary: 68 colour photographs of Lacock, Ogbourne St Andrew, Swindon, Groundwall, Ramsbury and Axford, Wiltshire. 1 and 2 - views of the Kennet valley. 3 - 14 - views of the church and it's surroundings, Ogbourne St Andrew, including the church, it's stone, brickwork and main door. 15 - 27 - views of Lacock Abbey Park. 28 - 31 - views of a "Pill Box" fortification, 2 exterior, 1 exterior viewing hole, 1 interior walls. 32 - 48 - views of Ramsbury Church, including 2 exterior views, 1 gravestone (B.C.C. Francis), detail of four tombs, 7 views of Saxon stonework, 1 of the Rood Screen, 2 of an oil painting featuring the Magi adoring the Madonna and Child. 49 - 52 - views of Swindon Steam museum, 1 exterior view of the sheds, 1 interior view of and engine in the museum, 2 exterior views of old engines. 53 and 54 - photographs of displays in Swindon Museum. 55 - 65 - views of the Groundwall housing development, ten during building, one completed development. 66 - the Red Lion Inn, Axford. 67 and 68 - taken in the Bath Road Museum in Swindon, two views of part of a Roman mosaic floor removed from a villa type building found near Starveal Farm on Bishopstone Downs.