Alphabetical lists of towns, villages, etc., in Lancashire (from S to W), Cheshire, Shropshire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Northumberland (A-B only), with descriptive notices of some of the more important places, late 16th or early 17th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 249
Held at the Weston Library
Apparently transcribed from a MS. written during the reign of Q. Eliz. (see under Newark,) and after the year 1589, (see under Nottingham.) According to an old foliation thirty-six leaves are wanting at the beginning, containing the greater part of Lancashire.
Dates
- late 16th or early 17th century
Extent
78 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 249
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 249.
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. III, no. 11595.
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. III, no. 11595.
Custodial History
Formerly divided into two volumes, respectively numbered 249, 250.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio; damaged at the beginning
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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