GBB-F-005956-0000 1785 ca., NEWSTEAD ABBEY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, East Midlands of ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN : The NEWSTEAD ABBEY, the residence of the ancestor family of celebrated english post LORD BYRON. Was formerly an Augustinian priory from 1170. Converted to a domestic home following the Dissolution of the Monasteries at time of HENRY VIII. The lake was dredged in the late eighteenth century and the lectern, thrown into the Abbey fishpond by the monks to save it during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, was discovered. In 1805 it was given to Southwell Minster by Archdeacon Kaye where it still resides Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 4128 X 2544 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 34 X 21 Image sizes (MB): 7.33 Color space: RGB