Catalogue description Wainwright Booth records

This record is held by Barnsley Archive and Local Studies

Details of WBC 1-64
Reference: WBC 1-64
Title: Wainwright Booth records
Description:

Business records of a small yeoman family, the Wainwrights of Bankhouse in Thurlstone, and letters from an emigrant member of the family. (Purchased 1966-1967). Including:

 

Local Public: Accounts for widening Thurlstone bridge 1810-1811; return of Thurlstone innkeepers 1819; West Riding election circulars 1847-1848.

 

Deeds, leases: Small farmhouses, etc in Thurlstone 1664-1804; Wainwright wills and related papers (20).

 

Business: Journals, order books, letter-books, of the Wainwrights' hair and bagging for oil-presses manufactory 1790-1826 (12).

 

Letters: Personal letters from Joseph Wainwright, emigrant to Pittsburg, U.S.A., to the Wainwrights of Thurlstone 1805-1866 (29).
Date: 1664-1866
Held by: Barnsley Archive and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Wainwright family of Thurlstone, Yorkshire
Physical description: 2 boxes, 4 volumes
Subjects:
  • Thurlstone, Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire

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