Magic Lantern Slide: Stoke Poges Church

This photographic slide shows St Giles’ church in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The church spire is much taller than exists today. The slide was part of the collection belonging to John Crabtree, but unfortunately it isn’t known what lecture topic it was used to illustrate.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
118/1934/346
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Stoke Poges Church
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'Stoke Poges Church. / Gray's 'Elegy'' on mount
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
John H.
Production Person Surname
Crabtree
Production Year Low
1863
Production Year High
1924

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Lantern Slide: Stoke Poges Church