Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1847-1969 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.09 cubic metres(10 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Details about the Vickers family of Criggon, Montgomeryshire, are sparse. A Miss Gertrude Grant Vickers may have owned the estate when she died in 1937. Other contemporary members of the family include Velentine Whitby Vickers and Julia Maud Vickers.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Roger J Knowles, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, in June 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1847-1969, relating to the Vickers family and to their Criggion and Offley Grove estates in Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire, including rentals, 1877-1969, accounts, cash books and vouchers, 1847-1947, leases and agreements, 1864-1954, and family and estate correspondence, 1876-1939.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records purchased by NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically by record type.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is in NLW Minor Lists and Summaries, 1987, p. 16, available at NLW and the HMC.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Criggion Estate (Wales) -- Archives (Subject)
- Offley Grove Estate (England) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Offley Grove (England) (Subject)
- Criggion Estate (Wales) (Subject)
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this descroption: List of Criggion Papers in NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1987;