Guard-book of notes on the abbey at Dore, Herefordshire and church bells
Single Item
MS. Top. eccles. c. 8
Held at the Weston Library
Guard-book containing:
- (fols. 1-2) notes on the abbey at Dore, Herefs., by Mathew Gibson, early 18th cent. (Phillipps MS. 36461; Sotheby's, 24 June 1935, lot 101; bought, L. Hyman, cat. 22 (1937), 148);
- (fols. 3-22) loose papers from J. R. Jerram's collections on church bells (Summary Catalogue nos. 53935-53938).
Dates
- Creation: early 18th-early 20th century
Extent
22 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. eccles. c. 8, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. eccles. c. 8
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17808
Abstract
Guard-book of notes on the abbey at Dore, Herefs. and church bells, early 18th-early 20th century.
Biographical / Historical
Mathew Gibson (d.1740-41) was an English antiquary.
James Richard Jerram was a church bell-hanger of Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 53941.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired, 1937-74.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Guard-book of notes on the abbey at Dore, Herefordshire and church bells
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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