Elizabeth Wood's papers relating to the Wood family of Littleton, Middlesex, and Gwernyfed, Breconshire
The papers comprise: 19th and early 20th century diaries and notebooks of members of the Wood family; correspondence, research papers, notebooks and index cards; transcripts of family papers on microfilm; catalogues of family papers at the London Archives; framed portraits and copies of portraits.
Dates
- Creation: c.1800-2002
Extent
1.5 Linear metres (17 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 11634/1, item 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 11634/1-17
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11634, 11635
Abstract
Papers relating to the Wood family of Littleton, Middlesex, and Gwernyfed, Breconshire, collected and created by Elizabeth Wood.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Elizabeth Wood (known as Elizabeth or Betty) was born in 1915, the daughter of the Reverend Edward Francis Wood (1875-1964) and Mary (Molly) Catherine née Byron (d.1958). She was educated at South Park High School in Lincoln until the family moved to Guernsey in 1931 where her father became Rector of St Saviour's Church. They were in Guernsey when the Germans occupied the Channel Islands in June 1940 and in 1942 Elizabeth and her parents were deported to Germany, along with other islanders. They were held in camps at Dorsten and Biberarch. Molly was repatriated to England in September 1944. Elizabeth and her father were moved to Liebenau and repatriated in March 1945.
Elizabeth settled in Oxford in 1950 where she worked for the City of Oxford Health Department until retiring in 1975 and focusing on family history research. She died in 2003.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian by Elizabeth Wood in 2003. Additional material donated by her great-nephews in 2015.
Creator
- Title
- Catalogue of Elizabeth Wood's Papers relating to the Wood Family of Littleton, Middlesex, and Gwernyfed, Breconshire
- Status
- In Technical Pre Publication Checks
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
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