Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1563-1876 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.286 cubic metres (10 boxes, 10 volumes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Sweeney Hall estate is located in Oswestry, Shropshire.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by B. E. Parker Leighton of Sweeney Hall in October 1932. Further deposits were made in 1934 and 1949.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Estate and family records of Baker and Browne of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry, Leighton of Loton Park, Shropshire, Parker of Whitehouse, Worcestershire, and Charlton of Ludford, Herefordshire, including title deeds, 1563-1854, a volume of important papers relating to Major-General Thomas Mytton (1608-56), who served the Parliamentary cause in north Wales during the civil war; papers of Edward Lloyd of Llanforda, [c. 1660]-1681; account books of the estates of the Charlton family of Park, Shropshire, 18 cent., letter-books of Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn (1783-1856), British Ambassador to Denmark, 1831-1851, and a bundle of papers and notebooks relating to the estate of Miss Fanny Williams-Wynn who died in 1857.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
The 1932 deposit has been arranged into two groups: manuscript volumes and deeds and documents.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of the catalogue of the 1932 group are available at NLW and HMC. The remainder remains uncatalogued.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Owens, B. G., 'Deposited collections, 22. Sweeney Hall manuscripts and documents', National Library of Wales Journal, vol. VI (1950-51), pp. 299-300.
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Loton Park (England) (Subject)
- Whitehouse Estate (England) (Subject)
- Ludford Estate (England) (Subject)
- Sweeney Hall Estate (England) (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Henry Watkin, Sir, 1783-1856 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Baker family, of Sweeney Hall -- Archives (Subject)
- Mytton, Thomas, 1608-1656 (Subject)
- Edward Lloyd, of Llanforda (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Henry Watkin, Sir, 1783-1856 (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Frances, 1773-1857 (Subject)
- Browne family, of Sweeney Hall -- Archives (Subject)
- Baker family, of Sweeney Hall (Subject)
- Parker family, of Whitehouse (Subject)
- Leighton family, of Loton Park (Subject)
- Charlton family, of Ludford (Subject)
Genre access points
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
October 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this record: Owens, B. G., 'Deposited collections, 22. Sweeney Hall manuscripts and documents', National Library of Wales Journal, vol. VI (1950-51);