REAL PHOTOGRAPH, PRINTED IN ENGLAND
04/10/1904
Great Britain
SWEETHEART ABBEY, much information at top of card
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image comes sepia from top of card:-THIS ABBEY WAS FOUNDED BY DEVORGILLA, DAUGHTER OF ALAN, LORD OF GALLOWAY, AND WIFE OF JOHN BALLIOL, FOUNDER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE OXFORD. ON THE DEATH OF BALLIOL, DEVORGILLA CAUSED HIS HEART TO BE EMBALMED AND PLACED IN AN IVORY CASKET, WHICH SHE CARRIED EVERYWHERE WITH HER UNTIL IT FOUND A FINAL RESTING PLACE ON HER DEAD BOSOM IN SWEETHEART ABBEY.
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