Fonds
Scatcherd Collection
Catalogue reference: SC
What’s it about?
This record is about the Scatcherd Collection dating from 1784-1900.
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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)
- SC
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Title (The name of the record)
- Scatcherd Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784-1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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Scatcherd family records including: household receipts, 1784-1828; illustrations associated with the family including portraits of Norrison Scatcherd and Mrs Scatcherd; notes for a history of Morley by Norrison Scatcherd; letters and papers relating to the suffragette activities of Alice Cliff Scatcherd
Papers collected by Norrison Scatcherd including: plates and engravings; scrap books of political broadsheets: Napoleonic cartoons, handbills relating to the Reform Bill, Catholic emancipation and the Corn Laws; dissertation on ancient bridges and bridge chapels, 1828; memoirs of the celebrated Eugene Aram, 1832, 1838; newspapers including: The English Chronicle, 1800, 1805; Leeds Mercury 1819; Leeds Intelligencer, 1830; The Sun, 1838; tract on coins, 1829-1845; Gerlinek and Kirmair piano music; photographs of Morley House
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Leeds Leisure Services: Local and Family History Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Scatcherd family of Morley, West Riding of Yorkshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 files
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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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Norrison Scatcherd was born in Morley. He was a great collector and antiquarian. Alice Cliff married Norrison's son, Oliver Scatcherd. She was an active suffragette; they lived in Morley Hall.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e2d61b0c-a8ea-418a-ab9c-55f3033b2055/
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Scatcherd Collection