File NLW MS 10752C. - Wem,

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Reference code

NLW MS 10752C.

Title

Wem,

Date(s)

  • [18 cent.]. (Creation)

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Scope and content

A volume entitled 'A New Description of North Bradford [co. Salop]. Part I. Containing the Allotments of Wem and Shawbury'. The work relates almost entirely to Wem, and discusses the parish, allotment, and manor; the name, situation, and antiquity of the town; the barons of Wem; the customs of the manor; the borough, bailiffs, and burgesses; the rectory; etc.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Latin

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin.

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Finding aids

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 243.

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Related units of description

See NLW Bodewryd (1) 291, containing a letter, 1707, from Richard Lloyd of Shrewsbury relating to Wem rectory; and NLW Ottley (Pitchford Hall) 1139-1142, which contain papers, 1708-1711, relating to the manor of Wem.

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Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 10752C.

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Virtua system control number

vtls004575480

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Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

October 2008.

Language(s)

  • English

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Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);

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