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Lady Gifford's Harriers Point-to-Point Steeplechases
Catalogue reference: Add Mss 11,846 - 11,899
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This record is about the Lady Gifford's Harriers Point-to-Point Steeplechases dating from 1904 - 1931.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Add Mss 11,846 - 11,899
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lady Gifford's Harriers Point-to-Point Steeplechases
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1904 - 1931
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of Lady Gifford's Harriers Point-to-Point Steeplechases, 1904 - 1914, with allied papers, 1919 - 1931
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For Old Park, Bosham, see Sussex: historical, biographical and pictorial (1907)</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- West Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Gifford, Sophia Catherine, d 1947, nee Street, Baroness Gifford</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 54 pieces
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Open to consultation, unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented by G.A. Russell Purchase, Esq., Chichester, July 1968
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Sophia Catherine Street married Edric Frederick, 3rd Baron Gifford of St. Leonards, V.C. in 1880; he died without issue in 1911. Lady Gifford kept a pack of harriers at her residence, Old Park, Bosham, and she, who acted as Master and Huntsman, did not die until 1947. Arthur Purchase and T.G. Purchase, the grandfather and father respectively of the donor of the records listed were secretaries for the point-to-point steeplechases
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/32ae0463-e870-4505-af25-5fc5ef8ca284/
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Lady Gifford's Harriers Point-to-Point Steeplechases