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Cheshire

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Collections, vol, 4, in the hands of Blore and six others, including Francis Bassano of Derby and Thomas Brailsford., 1800 (Circa)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3877
Scope and Contents

The papers include: a consideration of heralds and baronets; pedigrees and notes concerning Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Lancashire and Cheshire; lists of arms; an account of arms of nobility and gentry; other material relating to Derbyshire.

Dates: 1800 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Thomas Blore Papers
 Sub-Series

Deeds and related papers for property in Overton and Smallwood, Cheshire, 1582 - 1924

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/D.X
Scope and Contents

The Cheshire estates of Thomas Lowndes of Overton, Cheshire, who died in 1748 were bequeathed to the University to endow the Lowndian Professorship of Astronomy and Geometry.

Dates: 1582 - 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Assets records / Deeds of title to University property and related papers
 Series

Deeds and related papers of the Cheshire estate of Rev. John Hulse, died 1790, 1328 - 1947

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/D.VIII
Scope and Contents

John Hulse (1708-90) of St John's College bequeathed his estate to the University to fund the following:- 1) a Christian Advocate 2) an annual preacher 3) an annual religious prize dissertation 4) three scholarships at St John's College.

Dates: 1328 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Assets records / Deeds of title to University property and related papers
 Item

Letter from Joseph Wilkinson to Thomas Hurd, 1816-12-13

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 315-317
Scope and Contents

Concerning a method of making and regulating a timepiece so that it shows the exact time in any part of the world.

Dates: 1816-12-13
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Papers regarding the public trials and improvements of clocks and chronometers, 1784-1828
 Series

Notes on churches and monuments in Cheshire, with heraldic sketches, c. 1812., 1812 (Circa)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3910
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Pedigrees and other papers relating to Derbyshire and other counties, many being transcripts or extracts from church registers, the Domesday Book and manuscripts in the British Library and Public Record Office. The papers were written or compiled by Thomas Blore, unless otherwise indicated.

Dates: 1812 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Thomas Blore Papers
 Item

Utricularia / U[tricularia] minor / The first Bladder which I opened contained 24\ \ entomostraca in a state of decay, 1874-07-25

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 59.1: 161-162
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Cheshire


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Dates: 1874-07-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Insectivorous plants': portfolios / Experimental treatments and observations / Notes on carnivorous plants

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