Montpelier (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Nevis Ruins of the Residence of Lord Nelson and his bride at Montpelier, 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/59
Scope and Contents
225 x 180 mm. A photograph showing three islanders sitting on broken rocks outside the tumbling and overgrown boundary wall of Nelson’s house at Montpelier. It was in this house, while Captain of H.M.S. ‘Boreas’ and charged with upholding the Navigation Acts, which forbade trade with America, that Nelson married Frances Herbert Nisbet on March 11th 1787.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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).
Item
Train coming into Montpelier Station, 1900 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/4
Scope and Contents
153 x 103 mm. Showing Jamaicans standing beside the line, with a train approaching in the distance. Photograph by Dr. Sinclair.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
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).