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Buxton (England)

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Images about Buxton (England)

6 images from works
  • Buxton, Derbyshire: the baths, with scale key. Wood engraving by B. Sly after H. Currey.
  • Panoramic view of Buxton with a key to the sights. Line engraving by Newman & Co.
  • For three nights only. Tuesday, thursday and Saturday, August 11th, 13th, & 15th, 1846 : The manager has the gratification of announcing to the nobility and gentry visiting Buxton, and to the inhabitants generally, that he has entered into an arrangement for the above lilited period, with England's native wonder, Field Marshal Tom Thumb! / Theatre, Buxton.
  • Buxton, Derbyshire: the Crescent. Lithograph by G. Rowe.
  • Buxton, Derbyshire: the Crescent. Aquatint.
  • Hot baths in Buxton, Derbyshire: the exterior of the buildings viewed from a hill opposite. Photograph by Poulton.
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Works from the collections

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    Panoramic view of Buxton with a key to the sights. Line engraving by Newman & Co.

    | Reference: 15768i
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    [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Buxton Borough.

    Buxton (England). Borough Council. | Date: 1972
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    Buxton : a people's history / Mike Langham.

    Langham, Mike. | Date: 2001
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    A description of Buxton, and the adjacent country, or, The new guide, for ladies and gentlemen, resorting to that place of health and amusement; where for the convenience of the public, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, has magnificently provided such very handsome and ample accommodations / compiled by W. Bott.

    Bott, William. | Date: 1795
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    Buxton, Derbyshire: the Crescent. Lithograph by G. Rowe.

    Rowe, George, 1796-1864. | Reference: 15767i
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Public Health
Disease Outbreaks
Sanitation
Water Supply
Hospitals
Mineral Waters
Health Resorts
Costume
Health resorts - England
Hydrotherapy

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