Scope and Contents
MS gazetteer of places in England and Wales, in an early 19th century hand, with later loose and bound additions. It includes historical and architectural notes on churches and castles, and detailed accounts of battles. The writer of the main gazetteer seems to have re-used an envelope addressed to 'Miss Maxwell...Harley Street' (1830), and there are notes in another hand on a letter to the Countess of Buchan (1857). c.360pp.
Dates
- Creation: 1825 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased 1996
General
New calf spine, old marbled boards.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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