Fonds
Baines Collection
Catalogue reference: 942.815
What’s it about?
This record is about the Baines Collection dating from 1915-1945.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Wakefield Libraries and Information Services, Local Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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942.815
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Title (The name of the record)
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Baines Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
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1915-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Local history writings relating to Wakefield, including:
'Local Notes and Dates in Brief': the history of Wakefield compiled alphabetically under subject headings, from earliest times to 1927; 'In Days of Old: the merrie towne of Wakefield' 1922
Historical notes on Wakefield Bridge and Sandal; History of Wakefield compiled 1915-1923; Wakefield
Cathedral; Christchurch, Wakefield 1876-1926 [Ref: 726.5]; History of Thornes near Wakefield
Scrapbooks compiled c1939-1945
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Wakefield Libraries and Information Services, Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Baines, Samuel, fl 1900-1945</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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8 volumes
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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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Samuel Baines of Denby Dale Road, Wakefield, had a keen interest in the local history of Wakefield.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/50ee5678-8ccd-4859-8b89-a95e8d2693ab/
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Baines Collection