Taunt, Henry William

Henry William Taunt (1842–1922, christened Wiliam Henry Taunt) was a British photographic pioneer, author, cartographer & publisher based in Oxford who carved out a niche in local travel guidebooks (including the first illustrated pocket guide to the Thames), photographs, postcards and maps of Oxford and the Thames Valley. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1893 in recognition of the delightful feat of cartography that was his "New Map of the River Thames", which contained 33 sectional maps of the course of the river from source to London, each with the river hand coloured in blue and illustrated with tiny photographs individually pasted into position. He had an important role in stimulating the Victorians' love affair with the river. The New York Times considered Taunt's guides to the Thames to be "as essential as the boat for a successful journey". He took the famous picture of Winston Churchill's initiation into the Ancient Order of Druids at Blenheim Palace.

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RIVER THAMES HEAD - Kemble - Somerford Keynes. Cirencester. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Ashton Keynes - Cricklade. Plank Bridge. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Eisey - Castle Eaton - Reevey - Kempsford. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Upper Inglesham - Lechlade. Round House. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Kelmscott - Radcot - Thrup. Harts Weir. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Tadpole - Lower Newton - Duxford. Rushy Weir. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Northmoor Appleton Newbridge Duxford Ridge's Weir. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES Stanton Harcourt Eynsham Bridge Bablock Hythe Ferry. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES Oxford South Hinksey Iffley Kennington Littlemore. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Radley. Sandford Lasher & Mill. Nuneham. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES Burcott Dorchester Wittenham Shillingford Warborough TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Sotwell - Benson - Wallingford. Mongewell Church. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Cholsey - Moulsford - South Stoke. Streatley. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Goring - Streatley - Basildon. The Grotto. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Pangbourne - Whitchurch. Shooters Hill. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Purley - Mapledurham - Reading - Caversham. TAUNT 1887 old

RIVER THAMES Lower Caversham - Sonning - Shiplake. Thames Parade. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES - Wargrave - Henley-on-Thames. Marsh Lock. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES Henley - Remenham - Mill End - Medmenham. Regatta. TAUNT 1887 map

RIVER THAMES Hurley Bisham Marlow Cookham Dean Westhorpe. TAUNT 1887 old map

RIVER THAMES - Bourne End - Cookham - Hedsor - Cliveden. TAUNT 1887 old map

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