Plans of ancient Earthworks (Camps) in England and Wales, drawn to a uniform scale and annotated by the Rev. Edward Andrews Downman of Laindon, Essex, 1901-5, and still in progress (1905). In Gen. Top. c. 18 are also four photo-lithographed plates made in 1897. The order is irregular, and up to the present no Welsh camps are included. There are a few letters from Mr. Downman.
Dates
- Creation: Written in A.D. 1901-1905
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Gen. Top. c. 18, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Gen. b. 48/1-2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19936
Abstract
Plans of ancient Earthworks (Camps) in England and Wales
Biographical / Historical
Edward Andrews Downman (d. 1931) was an Anglican clergyman and antiquary.
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. 33430-33431.
Custodial History
Previously Gen. Top. c. 18, b. 16.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1904.
- Title
- Plans of ancient Earthworks (Camps) in England and Wales
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description and EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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