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Towneley, Charles, (1737-1805), Antiquary

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Surname: Towneley
Forenames: Charles
Gender: Male
Date: 1737-1805
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P138425 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28625 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
papers
British Museum Central Archive
See Foster & Sheppard, British Archives (4th edition, 2002)
2
1797-1804: corresp and papers rel to his coal mines at Hapton
Lancashire Archives
DX/911-29
NRA 6038 Culcheth coll
3
lists of topographical books, engravings etc owned by
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Add d 70, 73a, 73b
4
1786-1801: misc papers (30 leaves)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng misc d 240
5
account book
Wigan Archives and Local Studies
D/DZ A 13/20
See Guide p51
6
collection of monumental inscriptions
College of Arms
S 37
7
c1805: catalogue of his antiquarian collection
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 34009
8
1796-1800: letters to Samuel Lysons
Society of Antiquaries of London
MS 782/5
See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)