Denbighshire - St. Asaph's Cathedral. The Antiquities of England and Wales was the product of Alexander Hogg who was well known as a partwork publisher. Under the claimed authorship of Henry Boswell it was issued serially from c1787-9, and subsequently made available as a complete work. The format was typically 2 (though sometimes up to 6) prints to a page, with one or two accompanying pages of descriptive text on each pair of subjects. It also included the set of English county maps by Thomas Kitchin first used in the London Magazine from 1747-54. The first church on the site is supposed to have been built by St. Kentigern in 560 AD, but this, or its successor was burned down by Edward I during his Welsh wars. A new cathedral was begun in the early 12th century, but most of the surviving fabric dates from the reign of Henry Tudor (king from 1485 to 1509). This print, engraved by Thornton, is supplied with the original, accompanying text.
Rhudlan Castle (Denbigh), & Hawarden Castle, St. Winifred's Well & Basingwerk Monastery (all Flint), & St. Donat's & Coity Castles (Glamorgan). The Antiquities of England and Wales was the product of Alexander Hogg who was well known as a partwork publisher. Under the claimed authorship of Henry Boswell it was issued serially from c1787-9, and subsequently made available as a complete work. The format was typically 2 (though sometimes up to 6) prints to a page, with one or two accompanying pages of descriptive text on each pair of subjects. It also included the set of English county maps by Thomas Kitchin first used in the London Magazine from 1747-54. This print offers 6 views on 1 sheet, and is supplied with the original, accompanying text. Both Rudlan and Hawarden Castles were built in the late 13th century by Edward I, and both were slighted after the civil war. Rhudlan's more impressive ruins are today maintained by the Welsh Heritage body CADW. St. Winifred's Well, in Holywell, has been a place of pilgrimage siince the days when St. Winifred was restored to life by its healing waters in 660 AD. The chapel on the site dates from the 15th century, and CADW today maintain the site. Basingwerk Abbey was founded in 1132 by Ranulf de Gernon. Its ruins are today part of the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, again administered by CADW.