%0 Journal Article
%T A Photo-Based Environmental History of the Use of Climbing Plants in Central Oxford, UK
%A Mary J. Thornbush
%J International Journal of Geosciences
%P 1083-1094
%@ 2156-8367
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijg.2013.47102
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This paper examines environmental change associated with
climbing plants (ivy/creeper) on several historical buildings in central </span><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Oxford</span></st1:city></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> using archival
photographs. ViewFinder from English Heritage was used to access the photo</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">archives
in an advanced search of the area of ¡°Oxford¡± and in the county of ¡°Oxfordshire¡±.
The study includes a variety of buildings, including colleges, churches,
chapels, asylums, inns/hotels, factories, a brewery, pubs, a castle as well as
architectural elements, such as doorways, cloisters, gates, and walls. The
findings reveal that a majority of photographs denoted ivy-/creeper-clad
buildings (in nearly 53% of photographs found mostly in the Taunt collection).
The greatest abundance of climbing plants was found in the 1880s followed by
the 1900s. A further examination of University colleges is warranted due to the
earlier and more frequent appearance of ivy/creeper on these buildings.</span> 
</p>
%K Ivy
%K Creeper
%K Historical Buildings
%K Photo Archives
%K ViewFinder
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