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ALDERSEY COLLECTION

Catalogue reference: DAL

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This record is about the ALDERSEY COLLECTION dating from c1215-1848.

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Reference
DAL
Title
ALDERSEY COLLECTION
Date
c1215-1848
Description

The collection was deposited on 26th March, 1954, by Captain Ralph Aldersey, and it is calendared in "The Family of Aldersey", C.G.O. Bridgeman (1899), pp.59-448. A number of documents in the main sequence, 1-536, were not included among the collection as deposited, and the missing numbers are given in the summary below. Nor were the following bundles, calendared by Bridgeman, deposited

Bundle A. 1-154. Miscellaneous papers relating to the Aldersey Family. 1500-1838

Bundle B. 1-89. Papers relating to Bunbury Church. 1561-c.1820

Bundle E. 1-105. Aldersey Letters. 1626-1808

A further group of documents which do not appear in the calendar, but which were among those deposited, have been added as nos. DAL/537-542, and Bundle F

Some Aldersey MSS are deposited in the library of the Chester Archaeological Society; but doubtless the Chester branch of the family

Held by
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Language
English
Physical description
5 series, 542 files
Access conditions

Open unless otherwise indicated

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bb1216eb-ec5f-4625-b53f-2c5d3f2594ae/

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ALDERSEY COLLECTION