Verse by Egerton Leigh, mainly relating to Cheshire.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1869
Extent
0.44 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 11, fols. 1-2].
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MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 11-14
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13076
Abstract
Verse by Egerton Leigh, 1867-1869, mainly relating to Cheshire.
Biographical / Historical
Egerton Leigh (1815-76) was a poet and writer on dialect. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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, nos. 53862-53865.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The verse was bought from Alfred Halewood of Preston in 1918.
Subject
- Leigh | Egerton | 1815-1876 | Author (Person)
- Title
- Verse by Egerton Leigh
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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