LEIGH OF STONELEIGH

Deeds and papers relating to the various estates of the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey, broadly concerning: - property in Adlestrop and Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1553, 1669-1848; - general settlements of the family estates including mortgages & c of premises in Warwickshire, Cheshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, 1812-1919

Fuller details about the family and their holdings are to be found in DR18.

<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 762: mainly personal, but some estate papers, relating to the Warwickshire and Gloucestershire branches of the family, 1656-1990</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>