Fonds
Landor Family
Catalogue reference: D(W)1885
What’s it about?
This record is about the Landor Family dating from 18th-20th Centuries.
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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)
- D(W)1885
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Title (The name of the record)
- Landor Family
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Date (When the record was created)
- 18th-20th Centuries
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are a small group of papers of the Landor family gathered together by Walter Noble Landor of Rugeley, a wellknown local antiquary. Their contents include some correspondence of the Rev. Robert Eyres Landor, author of Fawn of Sertorius and Fountain of Arethusa, etc. (see D.N.B) and also contain a few casual references to Walter Savage Landor, author (see D.N.B).
Besides papers of the Landor family itself the collection contains papers of families connected with them by marriage including the families of Hicken, Noble, Rishton, Wilson, Weston, Backhouse, Litler, Lowe, Venour.
For further details of the Landor family see manuscript history of Rugeley, Vol.3, by Walter Noble Landor (W.S.L).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Landor family of Rugeley, Staffordshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Documents deposited by Miss Diana Landor of Chadscroft, Rugeley
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cb8cf05e-5e8e-4f28-912f-2ba473f3589a/
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Landor Family