LEIGH OF STONELEIGH

Collection of miscellaneous papers relating to the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey and Adlestrop, Gloucestershire.

The main divisions of the collection are

Personal papers, Stoneleigh branch of the family (DR 762/1-56), 1656-1804

Personal papers, Adelstrop branch of the family (DR 762/57-80), 1682-1809

Personal papers, after inheritance of Stoneleigh by Adelstrop family (DR 762/81-319), 1822-1985

Material not clearly relating to the Leighs (DR 762/320-343), 16th century-1928

<span class="wrapper"><p>DR 18: main family collection of deeds, estate papers, maps, plans, accounts, 12th - 20th centuries</p> <p>DR 339: papers concerning charitable work on estates in Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and Staffordshire, 1841-1904</p> <p>DR 662: mainly plans of estate buildings on the Warwickshire estates, c.1805-c.1900</p> <p>DR 671: Warwickshire and Gloucestershire material, containing some very important estate and personal papers, 1577-1955</p> <p>DR 823: mainly large scrapbooks containing prints and drawings, photographs and press cuttings, but including some important plans for the Abbey and grounds, 19th-20th centuries</p> <p>DR 962: collection of papers, mainly concerning the personal affairs of the Leigh family, but including some material relating to the management of the estates, mainly in Warwickshire, 1762-1980s</p></span>