Extracts from parish registers, and select monumental inscriptions, of churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, compiled by Joseph Lemuel Chester, including indexes of parishes and personal names.
Dates
- 1880
Extent
10 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Berks. c. 24; Top. Bucks. c. 9; Top. Oxon. c. 165].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Berks. c. 24; Top. Bucks. c. 9; Top. Oxon. c. 165-172
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12869
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Lemuel Chester (1821-82) was a genealogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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, nos. 35682-3, 35724-31.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were presented to the Library by Brien Cokayne in 1912.
- Title
- Collections of Joseph Lemuel Chester
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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