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Charles Mason: Journals

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7762

Scope and Contents

The journals, which are not bound in chronological order, contain entries and numerous sketches on geological, archaeological and antiquarian themes. The volume contains: Engraved portrait of Mason, by I. Bretherton. [1] Observations. Yorkshire. 1749 [2] Observations 1737. Whitby, Richmond, Fountains [3] Natwich, Wroxeter, Bangor ... Llanvyllin. 1758, 1760 [4] Mostly arches and arcades in Ickleton and Stewkley churches [5] Notes in a journy thro Worcester and South Wales. 1742 [6] Staffordshire, Buxton. 1732 [7] Sussex iron mines. Some account of them from Mr Fuller [8] Holywell, Denbigh ... Caernarvon etc. [9] Kent. 1740 [10] The West. Cornwal[l]. 1739 [11] Miscellanea, including pedigree of Burnel of Acton Burnel collected by Godolphin Edwards

Dates

  • Creation: 1732-1760

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 item(s) (1)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Sedgwick Museum of Geology, 1968

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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