River Wye: Geography

5. New Weir

New Weir (Symonds Yat, east), looking upriver New Weir, looking downstream towards weir Rocks above New Weir, looking downstream
"Simmonds Rocks, &c.," Ireland, facing p. 95 New Weir, Gilpin, facing p. 39 "View of the New Weir on the River Wye," Edward Dayes. Plate 11 from Views on the River Wye (1800) ©
"View down the River at the New Weir," Fielding. Plate 13 from Description of the River Wye (1822) © "The New Weir. Looking Up the River," Fielding. Plate 11 from Description of the River Wye (1822) © "The New Weir," Roscoe (1837), facing p. 116 (facing upstream)
New Weir cascade, looking upstream New Weir cascade View of the Wye north from the summit of Symonds Yat
 
View of the Wye westward from Symonds Yat hill   Map, New Weir to Goodrich (c. 1837), detail from Roscoe, facing p. 112

Credits

Edward Dayes (1763-1804). "The View at Redbrook on the River Wye." Plate 13 from Views on the River Wye (1800). Aquatint, 31.1 x 42.8. Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, U.S.A. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library. © Copyright

Copley V. Fielding. "View down the River at the New Weir"; Plate 13. "The New Weir. Looking Up the River"; Plate 11. From Description of the River Wye (1822). Aquatints, 16 x 21.3. Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, U.S.A. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library. © Copyright


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Document prepared June 16th 2001 / Updated November 9th 2001