Britton, John, (1771-1857), antiquary and topographer

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Surname:	Britton
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1771-1857
Biography:	ODNB link for Britton, John (1771-1857), antiquary and topographer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P126124 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P3553 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Britton

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1813-48: corresp and papers rel to Dulwich Picture Gallery and to his Authorship of the Letters of Junius	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Montagu d 24; Montagu Illustrated 200*	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	corresp and papers rel to Fonthill Abbey	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc d 222	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3	authorial copy of Rights of Literature, incl notes and additional papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top Gen e 41	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4	notes and papers, incl biographical collections and annotated printed works	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Oo VI 78-85, 88-90	See Catalogue of MSS 1867
5	1809-43: misc papers rel to him	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Annual Return 2007
6	1811-15, 1852: antiquarian and topographical letters (11) to him	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 38794	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
7	corresp (90 items)	Boston Public Library		NRA 11046 Boston Library See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
8	1823-50: corresp	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La II 425-26, 646-48	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
9	1803-10: index to Wiltshire sketches	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	OSB MSS FILE	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
10	c1853: MS catalogue of his Wiltshire collection	Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society		See Friends of the National Libraries, Annual Report 1995, p36
11	1822-43: corresp with William Beckford	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Beckford	NRA 22980 Beckford
12	1824-31: letters to Thomas Bird	Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre	C78/8-16	NRA 32339 Bird
13	c1798-1810: corresp with William Cunnington and his family, and others	Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society	MSS 2592-602, 2638 passim	NRA 41673 Cunnington
14	corresp with Matthew Gregson	Liverpool Record Office	942 HOL	NRA 17047 Holt
15	1841-52: letters to James Halliwell-Phillipps	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/103
16	c1804-33: letters from Sir Richard Colt Hoare	Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society	MS 2519	NRA 41288 Thomson
17	corresp with JE Jackson	Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society	MS 2601/Box 327	NRA 41673 Cunnington
18	1819-30: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson	NRA 26260
19	1811-52: letters (18) to the Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
20	letters to Henry Crabb Robinson	Dr Williams's Library	101	NRA 13168 Dr Williams's Lib
21	1810-1857: a collection of drawings, manuscripts and engravings assembled by John Britton relating to the architecture and restoration of Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, incl drawings by Joseph Gandy, David Roberts, and George Meikle Kemp	Historic Environment Scotland	2021/8	See Annual Return 2021