Monmouthshire
This is a mixed collection of views mostly dating from the early 20th century. Many of the views are large postcards or prints that came as a group, probably from Edmund Ballard the Chepstow photographer, whose daughter gave some photographs to Helen Kegie (Ballard’s wife Ada was a sister of Helen’s grandmother Mary Sargent/Child). The group appear to have been produced for making postcards for visitors and two others are included in the Gloucestershire section.
Figure 1: Chepstow Castle and bridge from the cliffs – a large postcard by Edmund Ballard taken perhaps 1900-10
Figure 2: Chepstow bridge from the cliffs – a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 3: Chepstow Castle – a large print taken from the bridge, perhaps taken 1900-10
Figure 4: Chepstow Castle – a large print of the keep taken through a doorway, perhaps taken 1900-10
Figure 5: Chepstow Castle - a large postcard of the interior of the keep, perhaps taken 1900-10
Figure 6: Tintern Abbey – a large postcard of the main building, perhaps taken 1900-10
Figure 7: Tintern Abbey – interior view looking west, a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 8: Tintern Abbey – interior view looking east, a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 9: Tinters Abbey – interior view looking east, a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 10: Tintern Abbey – a view ‘from the fields’ taken from a postcard of perhaps the 1920s
Figure 11: The river Wye taken from the Wyndcliffe – a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 12: Coldwell on Wye – a view of the river on a large postcard, perhaps taken 1900-10
Figure 13: View of sheep under the Wyndcliffe - a postcard of perhaps the 1920s
Figure 14: Tintern Station 1905 – reproduced in a later postcard perhaps from the 1970s
Figure 15: The Monnow Bridge at Monmouth – a large postcard of perhaps 1900-10
Figure 16: Raglan Castle – view of the front in a large print from perhaps 1900-10
Figure 17: Raglan Castle – the main gatehouse in a large print from perhaps 1900-10