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    Collections information

    Businesses (44)

    Organisations (16)

    Persons (401)

    Diaries (9)

    Families (12)

    • Barchard family of Horsted Place Horsted Place, Sussex
    • Beauclerk family, Dukes of St Albans Lavendon, Buckinghamshire;Cranbrook, Kent;Glassenbury Park, Kent;Pickworth, Lincolnshire;Redbourne, Lincolnshire;Feltham, Middlesex;Hanworth, Middlesex;Bestwood Park, Nottinghamshire
    • Crichton-Stuart family, Marquesses of Bute Auchinleck, Ayrshire;Dumfries House, Ayrshire;Ochiltree, Ayrshire;Old Cumnock, Ayrshire;Arran, Buteshire;Bute, Buteshire;Cumbrae, Buteshire;Mountstuart, Buteshire;Rothesay, Buteshire;Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Falkland, Fife;Falkland Palace, Fife;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pluscarden, Moray;Ardwell, Wigtownshire;Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire;Kirkinner, Wigtownshire;Mochrum, Wigtownshire;Sorbie, Wigtownshire;Aberdare, Glamorgan;Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan;Caerphilly, Glamorgan;Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Castell Coch, Glamorgan;Eglwysilan, Glamorgan;Llanblethian, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Machen, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Trelegg, Monmouthshire;Usk, Monmouthshire;Wentlooge St Bride, Monmouthshire;Luton, Bedfordshire;Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire;Kirtling, Cambridgeshire;Axwell, Durham;Tanfield, Durham;Winlaton, Durham;Hertfordshire;London;Middlesex;Kirknewton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Worcestershire
    • Crossley family, Barons Somerleyton Blundeston, Suffolk;Lound, Suffolk;Somerleyton, Suffolk
    • Denny family, baronets, of Castle Moyle Tralee Castle, County Kerry
    • Herbert family, Earls of Pembroke Wilton, Wiltshire;Chalbury, Dorset;Shaftesbury, Dorset;London;Abdon, Shropshire;Diddlebury, Shropshire;Chedzoy, Somerset;Dunster, Somerset;Alvediston, Wiltshire;Broad Chalke, Wiltshire;Fovant, Wiltshire;Grovely Wood, Wiltshire;Wylye, Wiltshire;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Cowbridge, Glamorgan;Kenfig, Glamorgan;Caerleon, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Dublin, County Dublin
    • Lee family, baronets, of Hartwell Hartwell, Buckinghamshire;Totteridge, Hertfordshire
    • Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds Baylies, Buckinghamshire;Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire;Quainton, Buckinghamshire;Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;Wexham, Buckinghamshire;Wingrave, Buckinghamshire;Gog Magog Hills, Cambridgeshire;Stapleford, Cambridgeshire;Godolphin, Cornwall;Helford, Cornwall;Helston, Cornwall;Penrhyn, Cornwall;Penventon, Cornwall;Parsloes, Essex;Aldbury, Hertfordshire;North Mimms, Hertfordshire;Tring, Hertfordshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Syon Hill, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;East Dereham, Norfolk;Kingston, Nottinghamshire;Abertanat, Shropshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;Wimbledon, Surrey;Barnsley, Yorkshire;Conisbrough, Yorkshire;Harthill with Woodall, Yorkshire;Hornby, Yorkshire;Kiveton Park, Yorkshire;Lindrick, Yorkshire;North Anston, Yorkshire;Seamer in Pickering Lythe Wapentake, Yorkshire;South Anston, Yorkshire;Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire;Todwick, Yorkshire;Wakefield, Yorkshire;Wales, Yorkshire;Tanyllwyn, Denbighshire;Broniarth, Montgomeryshire;Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire;Invereshie, Inverness-shire;Scilly Isles
    • Russell family of Guildford Guildford, Surrey;Shalford, Surrey
    • Russell family, Dukes of Bedford Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire;Oakley, Bedfordshire;Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire;Chenies, Buckinghamshire;Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire;Shingay, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Calstock, Cornwall;Stoke Climsland, Cornwall;Plymstock, Devon;Tavistock, Devon;Kingston Russell, Dorset;Maiden Newton, Dorset;Swyre, Dorset;Micheldever, Hampshire;Stratton, Hampshire;Hitchin, Hertfordshire;Sibson cum Stibbington, Huntingdonshire;Beckenham, Kent;Rotherhithe, Surrey;Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;Bloomsbury, Middlesex;Covent Garden, Middlesex;Streatham, Surrey;Tooting, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Helgay, Norfolk;Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire;Wansford, Northamptonshire;Easton Bavents, Suffolk;Cheam, Surrey;Ewell, Surrey;Hadnock, Monmouthshire;Southery, Norfolk;Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire;Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire;Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire;Eversholt, Bedfordshire
    • Tyrwhitt-Drake family of Shardeloes Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire;Malpas, Cheshire;Deptford, Kent;Sittingbourne, Kent;Chelsea, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Garsington, Oxfordshire;St Donats Castle, Glamorgan
    • Vyner family of Newby Wrest Park, Bedfordshire;Bidston, Cheshire;Birkenhead, Cheshire;Moreton, Cheshire;Upton, Cheshire;Wallasey, Cheshire;Northleach, Gloucestershire;Cannes, France;Stanton, Gloucestershire;Bardney, Lincolnshire;Gautby, Lincolnshire;Sotby, Lincolnshire;Strubby, Lincolnshire;London;Swakeleys, Middlesex;Coombe Hurst, Surrey;Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey;Acklam with Barthorpe, Yorkshire;Askrigg, Yorkshire;Baldersby, Yorkshire;Clifton, Yorkshire;Dishforth, Yorkshire;Fairfield, Yorkshire;Huntington, Yorkshire;Leppington, Yorkshire;Newby Hall, Yorkshire;Newby with Mulwith, Yorkshire;Newby Park, Yorkshire;Rainton cum Newby, Yorkshire;Rawcliffe, Yorkshire;Swanland, Yorkshire;Swinefleet, Yorkshire;Worton, Yorkshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Carslogie, Fife;Kirkness, Kinross-shire

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (6)

    • NRA 18524 HL Bradfer-Lawrence MSS
    • NRA 38888 Alexander Dyce, scholar: MS collection
    • NRA 38887 John Forster, biographer and historian: corresp and papers, incl MS collection
    • NRA 40595 Derek Hudson, biographer: corresp and papers rel to biography of Arthur Rackham
    • NRA 13466 Victoria and Albert Museum: MS collections
    • NRA 38891 Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library: MS accessions 1979-95

    Accessions

    These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.

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