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Date(s)
- 1855-[x2012] (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil / File
Extent and medium
1 large box (0.029 mᶟ)
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to the Naylor family of Leighton Hall and to Leighton Hall itself, including newspaper cuttings containing obituaries, birth and marriage notices of family members and accounts of events relating to the Leighton estate and surrounding area, most of which date from the early part of the twentieth century, with one newspaper extract taken from Eddowes's Shrewsbury Journal of 15 August 1855 (newspaper inscribed 'John Naylor Esqr Leighton Hall Welshpool'); Naylor family correspondence, which includes a letter from John Murray Naylor (1888-1969) of Easter Ogil, Forfar, grandson of John Naylor of Leighton Hall, to Dorothy Naylor (née Holt), wife of Captain Thomas Humphrey Naylor (1890-1966), also grandson of John Naylor (see under Memorandum book of John Naylor) and an undated letter from Dorothy Naylor, correspondence between Captain Thomas Humphrey Naylor, his son, Richard Christopher Naylor (see under Memorandum book of John Naylor) and J. N. Naylor and various representatives of art galleries and art auctioneers in relation to art works at Leighton Hall, particularly as regards the sale of Leighton Hall in 1931, correspondence regarding Naylor family graves and memorials in Leighton churchyard and church, together with printed information and newspaper cuttings relating to Holy Trinity Church, Leighton.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically within each item.
Printed or manuscript volumes retain original pagination.
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- English