Description: Guy's Cliffe - England - UNITED KINGDOM - River Avon: Guy's Cliffe (variously spelled with and without an apostrophe and a final "e") is a hamlet on the River Avon and the Coventry Road between Warwick and Leek Wootton in Warwickshire, England, near Old Milverton. Guy's Cliffe has been around since Saxon times and derives its name from the legendary Guy of Warwick. Guy is supposed to have retired to a hermitage on this site, this legend led to the founding of a chantry. The chantry was established in 1423 as the Chapel of St Mary Magdelene and the rock-carved stables and storehouses still remain. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the site passed into private hands. The current, ruined house dates from 1751 and was started by Samuel Greatheed, a West India slave-owner, merchant and Member of Parliament for Coventry 1747-1761. His son Bertie Greatheed inherited the estate after the death of his mother in 1774, he further improved the house and grounds in 1810, to heighten the picturesque qualities of the site. The estate also comprised a mill, stables, kitchen garden and land as far as Blacklow Hill to the north-west of the house. It is the site of an ancient settlement and the location of Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall's murder. In 1821, Bertie Greatheed erected a stone cross to mark the execution, "Gaveston's Cross", and later commented in his diary that he could read the inscription on the cross with his telescope from the house. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Valentino Series.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Material: Paper
Theme: Monastery, Ruins, Architecture, Countries
Region: Guy Cliff
Country: England
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Multiview, Divided Back
Subject: Chapel of St Mary Magdelene Ruins
Postage Condition: Unposted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Guy's Cliffe
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
Brand/Publisher: Valentino Series
