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Contemporary account from 1834

 

Date: 1834
Author: Anonymous
Title: Flamstead House
About: This short piece was included in National History and Views of London and Its Environs;: Embracing Their Antiquities, Modern Improvements, &c., &c. from Original Drawings by Eminent Artists, Vol 1, (London, 1834), Edited by CF Partington, pp.76–77. The accompanying illustration of Flamstead House was drawn by TH Shepherd and published by WS Orr in 1832.
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