Fragmentary notes of journeys through England

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MS. Top. gen. e. 55

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Fragmentary notes of journeys through England, between 1751 and 1774.:

There are church notes, notes of pictures and the like, apparently by a man living at Oxford, who owned land at Bierton near Aylesbury (fol. 2)
Perhaps 'J. Forsyth' (fol. 90)
The pictures at Burleigh house near Stamford are described at fol. 21, and Newcastle-on-Tyne at fol. 102

Dates

Creation: Written in about 1751-1774

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. gen. e. 55, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Top. gen. e. 55

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19268

Additional Description

Abstract

Fragmentary notes of journeys through England

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

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. VI, no. 31859

Custodial History

Owned by Mary Busby (?: late 18th cent., see fol. 89v): in the Heber sale, Feb. 1836, pt. xi, part of no. 1213: then part of MS. Phillipps 8271, see MS. Top. Oxon f. 20.