Helsby Family Scrapbook

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ADD 132
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Helsby Family Scrapbook
Date(s)	: c1460-1903
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Helsby | Thomas | fl 1882 | historian
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

An antiquary and local historian; revised and enlarged George Ormerod's The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (first published, 1819) for its second edition (3 volumes, London, 1882); a member of Lincoln's Inn.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Scrapbook of letters, legal documents and genealogical notes of the Lancashire and Cheshire Helsby families, including correspondence between members of the firm of Thomas Helsby and Sons in Liverpool and South America (c1828-1835).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Closed. Please contact UCL Special Collections Team for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased in 1965.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Jul 2001