The Grand Panorama of London from the Thames (1844) was a twelve feet wood engraving, a printed version of which was circulated to subscribers of the Pictorial Times newspaper.
The Deptford sections clearly show St Pauls Church, the buildings of the Deptford dockyard and to their west the Royal Victualling Office. The ships include a number of hulks - vessels no longer fit for the sea used variously as floating prisons or for quarantining people with small pox.
Weathered and worn: Battle Abbey's stones
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When he won the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror had Battle Abbey
built at the site. It was completed in 1094, although of course there have
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Great stuff, Transpontine, must share!
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