IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 254
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Darley Estate, Yorkshire
Date(s): 1813-1826
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 31 leaves.
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Darley is a village near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript account book for an estate at Darley, Yorkshire, 1813-1826, including prices for materials, repairs and labour for an estate comprising a house, garden, cottages, stables, farmlands, and St Catherine's Chantry. Some of the leaves have notes and figures in pencil.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript octavo. Bound in calf.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
This manuscript was bought by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872), and became part of his library as MS 9126.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2001