Catalogue description Raistrick Collection

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Title: Raistrick Collection
Description:

Documents and papers collected by Dr Arthur Raistrick, including property deeds and leases, wills, papers of Skipton overseers of the poor and highway surveyors, and of Skipton Board of Guardians, lead mining records, estate papers and other records relating to the West and North Ridings of Yorkshire

 

Papers, published articles, pamphlets and books by Arthur Raistrick; bibliography of all his published works
Date: 17th century-20th century
Held by: Skipton Library, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Raistrick, Arthur, 1896-1991, archaeologist and geologist
Physical description: c500 items
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Yorkshire
Administrative / biographical background:

Dr Arthur Raistrick lived in Linton in Craven near Grassington and was renowned for his work in the fields of archaeology (especially industrial archaeology) and geology.

 

Many of Dr Raistrick's papers are now at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, a copy of the catalogue of this material is available.
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