Henry Taunt Collection

Friends of St Mary's Church, Cricklade, Wiltshire, U.K.

Chairman: Hugh Dudley, 4 Pleydells, Cricklade, SWINDON, SN6 6NG

Secretary: Gerry Dudley, 4 Pleydells, Cricklade, SWINDON, SN6 6NG

Treasurer: Tony Barratt, 13 Boundary Close, Stratton, SWINDON, SN2 7TF

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Henry Taunt Collection

The following black and white photographs are from the Henry W Taunt collection. Henry William Taunt, 1842-1922, was an Oxford-based professional photographer. He photographed mainly in Oxford, Oxfordshire and the River Thames, though surrounding counties are also well represented. His subjects were mostly tourist views, though he also recorded architecture and social history.

The following photographs are reproduced courtesy of the Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive [the first two photographs] and English Heritage [the remaining photographs].

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Caption: Nine photographs of the town compiled on a poster, including the churches of St Sampson and St Mary and the small bridge of the River Thames.

Date Taken: 1883

Caption: The south porch of the church, originally dating to the Norman period, with the churchyard beyond. The church was greatly restored in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Date Taken: 1883

Caption: The 14th century cross complete with all its sculpture in the four-sided lantern head, standing in the yard of the originally Norman church with its east wall facing onto the street.

Date Taken: 1883

Caption: The exterior of the church, which has Anglo-Saxon foundations but many later alterations, taken from the south east.

Date Taken: 1860 - 1922

Caption: The exterior of the church from the south-east, a small originally Norman church with its east end on the street. The church has been much restored, with the east window dating to 1862-3.

Date Taken: 1883

Caption: The interior of the church looking east toward the Norman chancel arch. The arcades with octagonal piers and moulded four-centre arches are Perpendicular late medieval in style.

Date Taken: 1883