COLCHESTER
Written by Martin Andrew
Published by Frith Publishing
in 1999
ISBN: 184125083X
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COLCHESTER
Written by Martin Andrew.
Stock no. 1807152
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Pictorial Memories from the Francis Frith Collection. Around 910 b/w photos of Colchester from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Glazed pictorial boards. 77 pages. ISBN: 184125083X.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction - Francis Frith: A Victorian Pioneer
- Introduction to Colchester - "Britain's Oldest Recorded Town"
- Chapter 1 - A Townscape Tour - "The town looks like a thriveing place" (C. Fiennes, 1698)
- Chapter 2 - The Town of Colchester - Roman Walls & Civic Substance
- Chapter 3 - Colchester Castle & Its Park - The Fortress on the Colne
- Chapter 4 - Parish Churches & The Town's Two Abbeys
- Chapter 5 - The River Colne from Colchester to Wivenhoe