Blore, Edward, (1787-1879), architect, artist and antiquary

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Surname:	Blore
Forenames:	Edward
Gender:	Male
Date:	1787-1879
Biography:	ODNB link for Blore, Edward (1787-1879), architect, artist and antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P144699 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2808 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Edward Blore	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Edward Blore

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	architectural and topographical drawings	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 42000-47	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	architectural drawings	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Designs, Prints and Drawings		See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3	1818-50: account books	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.3922-3956	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4	1828-69: corresp	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8170	NRA 44797
5	1840-46: account books (2) for Worsley Hall, Lancashire	Royal Institute of British Architects	BlE	NRA 34275 British Arch L
6	1829-33: plans (2 vols) and watercolours (8) of Lambeth Palace	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 2949, 3104-05	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
7	1819-24: letters received (36)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng MS 1305	See Handlist 1952-70
8	1844-1846: working drawings of Thicket Priory, Yorkshire	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 47610	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
9	1825-56: letters to Philip Bliss	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34569-80 passim	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
10	1813-22: letters (18) from Thomas Rickman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52587	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
11	1818-29: corresp with Sir Walter Scott	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3029, 3889-3911	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	1816-23: letters from Sir Walter Scott and others	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3029	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
13	1822-34: letters (12) to Lord Spencer	British Library, Manuscript Collections	p8	NRA 10410 Spencer
14	1814-24: corresp with James Raine	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/X 1015	NRA 37296 Raine
15	1827-1849: reports and letters of Edward Blore as Surveyor of the Fabric, Westminster Abbey, inc. Queen Victoria coronation, new choir stalls and organ case for the Abbey	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM series	See Surveyors of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey 1827-1906. Reports and Letters by Christine Reynolds, 2
16	c1883: drawings	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89665	See Annual Return 2023