Publisher/Manufacturer: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck 1732 Engraving in black on white laid paper
304 x 801 mm. Loan: John Challinor 1988
Inscription reads "HEREFORD so call'd from It's being on the great Ford or way over the River, by It's being on the Marches of Wales it has undergone several changes in y. Wars between the two Nations: but the first Thing which made it noted and much resorted to, was the Tomb (and a Church built over it) of St. Ethelbert a king of the East Saxons; who towards the latter part of the Eight Century was treacherously Murdered here... [continued at length]"
Annotated topographical view of Hereford; foreground, open ground on Aylestone Hill, two small trees and four male figures one of whom is sketching; middleground, a flood plain, fields, trees, horses bucking, cows, sheep and five figures including a woman with a child and a man with a stick over his shoulder; background, distant hills, trees, fields, the river Wye, sailing and rowing boats with cargo, a ruin and the city of Hereford with a cathedral (with a spire), church spires, church towers, houses, a gateway tower, a tannery, Market House, a city wall and a jail. Extensive text on the lower margin explaining the town of Hereford accompanied by a vignette of a shield depicting three lions. Annotated 1 to 20, Garraway Hill to Coningsby's Hospital
