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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1123 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Wolsingham diary

Covering Dates: 1756-1995

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Catalogue Description

At first a photocopy of the diary was deposited, with accompanying notes (Acc: 2332(D)). The original diary was later deposited (Acc: 9167) and this replaced the photocopy.

Catalogue Contents


Diary kept by an unidentified individual in Wolsingham, 1756
(1 volume)


Letter from R.L. Newall to the County Archivist, Durham County Record Office, further explaining the diary and enclosing photocopies of entries in pencil in the diary, October 1995
(8 papers)


Letter from R.L. Newall, to D. Bate, Sunderland Family History Centre, enclosing a letter explaining the background to the diary, a list of names of people having dealings with the diarist, details of transactions in the diary, details taken from the International Genealogical Index identifying a number of people named in the diary, c.1995
(5 papers)