File:Newtown Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1413536.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No higher resolution available.
Newtown_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1413536.jpg (640 × 480 pixels, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]
| Description |
English: Newtown Town Hall. Also shown in https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SZ4290?class=Town+Hall , and very similar to 1023290, but the winter sun gets under the eaves more, and there is a black labrador as well. "c1699 with late C18 alterations. 3 sides are red brick, the 4th side is yellow brick. Hipped tiled roof. South front has stone end quoins, 2 round-headed windows with intersecting glazing bars and late C18 wooden porticos with 4 Tuscan columns and dentil frieze. 6 panelled door, the top 4 panels fielded, the lower 2 flush ... A town named Francheville existed on this spot in the Middle Ages, to which Aymer de Valance, Bishop of Winchester 1250-62, granted a Charter of Incorporation. This was confirmed by Edward II, Edward IV and Elizabeth. In 1377 the town was totally destroyed by the French, and thereafter the new town which replaced it was renamed Newtown. Queen Elizabeth granted it the right to return two Members of Parliament. By the C18 the place had dwindled to a village and was one of the "rotten boroughs" disenfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. Among the Members who had represented it were John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, in 1678 and George Canning in 1796. The former borough is now only a very small hamlet." https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209336 |
| Date | |
| Source | From geograph.org.uk |
| Author | Derek Harper |
| Attribution (required by the license) | Derek Harper / Newtown Town Hall / |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
_heading:0.00&language=en){kind=link}
| Object location | | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | |
|---|
_heading:0.00&language=en){kind=link}
Licensing
[edit]
|
This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Derek Harper and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
|
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Derek Harper
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 16:30, 1 March 2011 | | 640 × 480 (84 KB) | GeographBot (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Newtown Town Hall Also shown in http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SZ4290?class=Town+Hall , and very similar to 1023290, but the winter sun gets under the eaves more, and there is a black labrad |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
