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Wainwright Booth records

Catalogue reference: WBC 1-64

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This record is about the Wainwright Booth records dating from 1664-1866.

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Reference
WBC 1-64
Title
Wainwright Booth records
Date
1664-1866
Description

Business records of a small yeoman family, the Wainwrights of Bankhouse in Thurlstone, and letters from an emigrant member of the family. (Purchased 1966-1967). Including:

Local Public: Accounts for widening Thurlstone bridge 1810-1811; return of Thurlstone innkeepers 1819; West Riding election circulars 1847-1848.

Deeds, leases: Small farmhouses, etc in Thurlstone 1664-1804; Wainwright wills and related papers (20).

Business: Journals, order books, letter-books, of the Wainwrights' hair and bagging for oil-presses manufactory 1790-1826 (12).

Letters: Personal letters from Joseph Wainwright, emigrant to Pittsburg, U.S.A., to the Wainwrights of Thurlstone 1805-1866 (29).

Held by
Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department
Language
English
Creator(s)
<famname>Wainwright family of Thurlstone, Yorkshire</famname>
Physical description
2 boxes, 4 volumes
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e53e80d4-7490-4196-8264-99b91ea94ece/

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