Leicester University Library: Special Collections

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    Collections information

    Persons (44)

    Families (5)

    • Edwards family of Bristol Bristol, Gloucestershire;Bitton, Gloucestershire;Horfield, Gloucestershire;Langford, Oxfordshire
    • Edwards-Freeman family of Batsford Park Batsford Park, Gloucestershire;Durham, Durham;Bitton, Gloucestershire;Blockley, Gloucestershire;Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire;Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire;Langford, Oxfordshire;Great Wolford, Warwickshire;Little Wolford, Warwickshire
    • Freeman family of Batsford Park Batsford Park, Gloucestershire;Durham, Durham;Blockley, Gloucestershire;Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire;Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire;Great Wolford, Warwickshire;Little Wolford, Warwickshire
    • Freeman-Mitford family, Barons Redesdale Redesdale, Northumberland;Durham, Durham;Batsford, Gloucestershire;Blockley, Gloucestershire;Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire;Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire;Elsdon, Northumberland;Asthall, Oxfordshire;Swinbrook, Oxfordshire;Widford, Oxfordshire;Great Wolford, Warwickshire;Little Wolford, Warwickshire
    • Vavasour family, baronets, of Hazlewood Hazlewood, Yorkshire

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (4)

    • NRA 9991 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, the younger: papers link to online catalogue
    • NRA 28631 Business Archives Council: Company Archives Survey
    • NRA 19924 Leicester University Library MS collection
    • NRA 41381 Joe Orton, playwright: corresp and papers link to online catalogue

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