A copy by the Rev. J.B. Blakeway of Samuel Garbet's History of Wem and adjacent hamlets (including Edstaston), begun in 1740, written in the first quarter of the 19th cent. by J. B. Blakeway
File
MS. Blakeway 21
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There are also notes and additions by Blakeway. This copy is not from the printed edition of 1818, and only extends to near the end of the account of Sleap (to 'this township', p. 352 in the printed edition). 246 ('172') leaves.
Dates
- written in the first quarter of the 19th cent. by J. B. Blakeway
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Blakeway 21
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 22106
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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