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"King Alfred's
Tower, Stourton, 1872"
An albumen photograph taken in 1872 by Captain
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"Stourton
Tower"
Monochrome postcard franked at Mere on 28th August 1907. |
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"Stourton
Tower"
A sepia postcard of unknown date, photographed and published
by R. Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge
The image is very similar to the coloured postcard below, and they probably
originate from the same photograph. This one appears to have been
retouched by hand to accentuate the shadows around the gothic arch of the
door, and around the inscription. |
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"Stourton
Tower"
A coloured postcard franked at Warminster on 1st May 1905,
photographed and published by R. Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge |
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"Stourton
Tower"
A coloured postcard of unknown date, published by R. Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge.
This card is has not been posted, but the reverse states that a half-penny
stamp must be used. |
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"Stourton
Tower - Alfred the Great A.D. 879, on this summit, is supposed to hove [sic] erected his Standard against
the Danish invaders. Height of Tower 150 ft."
Another variation of this coloured postcard published by R.
Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge, this one with careless proof-reading. |
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"Stourton
Tower - Alfred the Great is supposed to have erected his Standard against
the Danish invaders on this summit. A.D. 879. The Tower is 150 feet
high."
Yet another coloured postcard published by R. Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge.
This photograph is identical to the one above, although the sky appears to
have been retouched by a different artist. Franked at Gillingham,
Dorset on 14th July 1910. |
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"Meet of
the South and West Wilts. Foxhounds, Alfred's Tower, Stourhead"
A postcard franked at Trowbridge on the 5th July 1906. |
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"Meet of
the South and West Wilts. Foxhounds, Alfred's Tower, Stourhead"
This postcard has the same photograph as the one above, but was
franked 8 years later at Castle Cary on the 19th November 1914. |
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"Stourton
Tower"
A coloured postcard of unknown date. Published by Charles
Johnson, photographer, Gillingham, and marked 'Printed at works in Saxony',
which means it was published prior to 1918, the kingdom of Saxony having
disappeared from the maps at the end of the First World War (although the
name has reappeared in 1990 as a result of Germany's reunification). |
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"Stourton
Tower - Alfred the Great is supposed to have erected his Standard against
the Danish invaders on this summit. A.D. 879. The Tower is 150 ft.
high."
A postcard franked at Stourton & Zeals on the 5th September 1918.
Yet another postcard published by R. Wilkinson & Co., Trowbridge.
Unlike the other Wilkinson cards above, which were printed in Belgium, this
one was printed in England. |
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"King Alfred
Tower, Stourton, Frome"
An unfranked postcard with the date July 11, 1925 written on
the reverse. |
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"King Alfred's
Tower, Stourhead"
An unfranked postcard from 'RW Graphic Studio, Frome'. |
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"King
Alfred's
Tower, Stourhead"
An unfranked postcard of unknown date. |
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"King Alfred's
Tower"
Photograph from George Sweetman's Guide to
Stourhead, Wilts., from the 3rd edition published in 1913. This
same photograph also appears on a postcard published by 'Photochrom Co. Ltd,
London' postmarked in Bruton in 1916. |
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"Stourhead"
An unfranked postcard, dated by a postcard expert as
between the late 1920s and 1932.
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"Stourton Tower"
An unfranked postcard, believed to date from the 1930s. |
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"Stourhead"
An unfranked postcard, date and publisher unknown (although the intact
turret cone indicates that it pre-dates the 1944
plane crash). |
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"King Alfred's Tower, Stourton, Nr. Wincanton"
A colour postcard franked at Templecombe, Somerset on 15th July 1953. |
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"King Alfred's Tower, Stourton"
An undated monchrome postcard showing scaffolding and a long ladder for the brickwork repair to the southeast corner of the tower. |
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The top of the tower, showing the railings around the central void at bottom
left, and the western turret (which is closed to the public). |
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"Alfred's
Tower"
Monochrome photograph, copyright © Wiltshire County Council Historic Photograph Collection. Photographer
Iris Hardwick.
Reproduced here with permission. |
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"King Alfred's
Tower, Brewham"
Monochrome photograph from the National Monuments Record. Photographer
and date unknown, but believed to have been taken in the early 1940s.
Reproduced by permission of English Heritage NMR under licence 1653.
(Negative reference BB74/3749). |
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"Alfred's Tower"
Monochrome photograph taken in the 1960s by the travel writer Christopher
Trent, author of such books as Motoring on English Byways,
Changing Face of England, and Looking at Buildings. |
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Monochrome aerial photograph dated 12th July
1993.
© Crown copyright. NMR. Reproduced under licence 1653.
(Film and frame no. NMR 4850/28). |
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Aerial photograph dated 12th July 1993.
© Crown copyright. NMR. Reproduced under licence 1653.
(Film and frame no. NMR 14957/31). |
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Monochrome aerial photograph dated 18th
September 1978.
© Crown copyright. NMR. Reproduced under licence 1653.
(Film and frame no. NMR 1314/127). |
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Christmas card from Stourhead
Estate Office, December 2001. |
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Brass door knocker at a house in
Stourton, depicting
Alfred's Tower. Believed to date from around 1910, it is 12cm (4½
inches) high, and bears the legend 'STOURTON TOWER, AD 879 ALFRED THE
GREAT'. |
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