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The Book of Gorley. Accounts of Cranborne Chase and Ashley Rails by Heywood Sumner
Catalogue reference: SUM
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This record is about the The Book of Gorley. Accounts of Cranborne Chase and Ashley Rails by Heywood Sumner dating from 1908-1938.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SUM
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Book of Gorley. Accounts of Cranborne Chase and Ashley Rails by Heywood Sumner
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1908-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two volumes on the history and archaeology of Cranborne Chase and vicinity, Dorset, and (SUM/002) the Roman pottery site at Ashley Rails, New Forest, by George Heywood Maunoir Sumner, FSA (1853-1940); compiled 1908-38. Calligraphically written and illustrated by numerous drawings, watercolours and sketch maps. See the facsimile of an earlier volume of 1904-c. 1909, Cuckoo Hill. The Book of Gorley (1987), vi-xxi, for details of Sumner's work. A.J., 21 (1941), 262 (obituary).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further items relating to Sumner and his family were acquired by Hants. Record Office, Winchester, in 1995 (106M95/D1).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/825/1-2 SAL/MS/825
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sumner, George Heywood Maunoir (1853-1940), antiquary and archaeologist
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Two volumes. prelims + pp.199; prelims + pp.197 (96-188 blank).
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Acquired by Mrs Cecily Margaret Guido, FSA, after the death of the author (1940) and presented by her, August 1966.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sum
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f2413d6f-17cd-43d5-a7b0-0e3b39dc10fa/
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The Book of Gorley. Accounts of Cranborne Chase and Ashley Rails by Heywood Sumner