Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1754-1756 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
105 ff. with insertions (ff. 70 verso-104 inverted text) ; 185 x 120 mm.
Vellum over boards with remains of brass clasp; '1754. 1755', 'also [?May 1764]' (ink on back cover).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Chas Trubshaw 1754' inside front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
R. L. Gapper; Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW MS 16636C and NLW Amryw 33/9); March 1957
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Account book, 1754-1756, of Charles Cope Trubshaw, architect, builder and mason, relating to work carried out mostly in Staffordshire.
The volume contains accounts, with notes and memoranda, January 1754-February 1756 (ff. 1-70); and estimates, notes and sketched designs and plans for specific projects, 1754-1755 (ff. 70 verso-103, inverted text). There are numerous references to the building of the new parish church at Stone, Staffordshire (ff. 6-89 passim). A few additional items are loose within the volume (ff. 73a, 105) or have been tipped in (f. 104).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Bindings disintegrating; covers and spine in distressed condition; ff. 9-10 loose.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5722924 (July 2021)
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16635B.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2006 and July 2013.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.