Inside Out Library · Explore

Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)

Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 142

An illustration from Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment, 1900, leaf 142
prince who united Southern Walesunder his rule, produced conditions of anarchy which enabledFitz-Hamon to land safely on the coast of Glamorgan, conquerthe country round, and divide it among his followers. Hehimself had a castle at Kenfig, two miles south of Margam,which braved the elements for… … GARDEN ARCHITECTURE. 94 GARDEhlS OLD AND NEW. perished in the sandy deluge, and Margam Abbey, secure uponthe liill, continued to survey the curious scene. It was Robert Earl of Gloucester, Fitz-Hamons son-Jn-lavv, who planted the white-robed Cistercians there, in anabbey dedicated to the Blessed…

Gardens

Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment

More like this