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Thornhill Collection
Catalogue reference: 148
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This record is about the Thornhill Collection dating from c.1150 - 1985.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 148
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Title (The name of the record)
- Thornhill Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- c.1150 - 1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 WILLS
2 DEEDS -
Diddington
Boughton & Southoe
Hemingford & Buckden
Offord
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Lincolnshire
London
Suffolk, Northamptonshire etc.
Yorkshire.
3. MANORIAL
4 ESTATE ADMINISTRATION -
Accounts & Receipts
Surveys
Valuation
Rentals
Terriers
Estate Particulars
Inclosure
Maps
5. FAMILY PAPERS -
Legal Cases
Family Papers
Letters
Genealogical
Poems etc.
Memoranda
Miscellaneous
THORNHILL ESTATE MAPS.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Huntingdonshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Thornhill family, of Cambridgeshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The family's papers were deposited with the Record Office in 1956 (accession 148).
The collection was listed in 1970-71 with THN or THORN references. Some estate maps had by then been transferred to the Map collection (in 1967-68) and given supplementary accession numbers, so these were omitted from the catalogue.
The collection is rich in deeds and estate papers from the 18th and 19th centuries.
. For more details please consult the Thornhill catalogue in the searchroom.
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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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The Thornhill family came from Fixby in Yorkshire, and moved to Diddington about 1730. Besides having estates in Huntingdonshire, Offord Darcy, Southoe, Duloe and others, they held property in Cambridgeshire at Boxworth, Lincolnshire at Dowdyke Hall, and London in Bread Street, Holloway and Angel Islington. Members of the family were rectors of Offord Darcy and Boxworth, and High Sheriffs of the county. Noel Thornhill died without issue in 1956
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8d3ef838-925b-4dc2-8785-b5446a2932eb/
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