Diaries of Harriet Acworth and her husband, William Acworth, Evangelical Clergyman
Diaries of Harriet Acworth (d. 1846), 1833-1846, and of her husband, William Acworth (1803-1899), Evangelical clergyman, 1846-1896.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1896
Extent
6.5 Linear metres (65 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. e. 1571, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1454, e. 1571-1633; Eng. th. d. 78
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12435
Abstract
Diaries of Harriet Acworth (d. 1846), 1833-1846, and of William Acworth (1803-1899), Evangelical clergyman, 1846-1896.
Biographical / Historical
Harriet Acworth (d. 1846) was the daughter of Emmanuel Miller and his wife Mary Garland Hart of Clifton and Farrs Wimborne, Dorset. She was the second wife of William Acworth. They married 12 September 1836 at Holt Church, Dorset. She died in childbirth at Rothley, Leicestershire and was buried there, 9 April 1846.
William Acworth (1803-1899) was born 9 September 1803 to William and Catherine Brindley. He went to Glasgow University and was awarded an MA in 1828. Later he attended Queen's College, Cambridge. He took Holy Orders in 1832. He was vicar of Rothley, Leicestershire, 1836-1853; Plumstead, Greenwich, 1853-1864; Poole, Dorset, 1867-1870; Walton West, Pembrokeshire, 1870-1875, and South Stoke, Somerset, 1875-1885.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given, with notes on the Acworths, and a copy of a photograph of William Acworth (now MS. Eng. misc. c. 943, fols. 24-29) by Mrs. Isabel Acworth and members of her family, 9 Feb 1988.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of the diaries of Harriet Acworth, 1833-1846, and of her husband, William Acworth, Evangelical Clergyman, 1846-1896
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2022 by C. McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Conversion to EAD supported by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Repository Details
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