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Edleston family of Gainford

Reference: D/Ed 16 Catalogue Title: Edleston family of Gainford Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Miscellaneous Family Papers

Covering Dates: 1824-1955

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Edleston family of Gainford (Ref: D/Ed)Miscellaneous Family Papers (Ref: D/Ed 16)Miscellaneous Family Papers (Ref: D/Ed 16/1-23)

Papers re death of Maud Edleston including notices of death, of funeral service, address delivered at her funeral, lists of flowers and sympathy received and telegrams apologising for being unable to attend the funeral, 24 September - October 1915
(paper, 37 folios)


Baptismal, marriage and burial entries of members of the Edleston and Cumming families, 1863 - 1915
(paper, 6 folios)

Wills (Ref: D/Ed 16/24-28)

Extracts from a copy of the will of Sarah Cumming of Cambridge, (dated 12 December 1868), 9 January 1873
(paper)


Copy of the will of Maud Emily Edleston of 57 Rhadegund Buildings, Cambridge, dated 1915
(booklet, typescript)


Passports of Rev. J., R.H. and Alice Edleston, 16 July 1851 - 24 March 1902
(paper, printed form, 3 folios)

Licences and certificates (Ref: D/Ed 16/29)

Certificate of enrollment of Alice Edleston in the Crusade of the Holy Mass, n.d. [early 20th century]
(paper, printed form)

Of R.H. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 16/30-285)

A degree of the College of Physiology at London, 30 November 1918
(paper, printed form, Latin)


Certificate of Barrett College, North Carolina, conferring the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts, 18 April 1919
(paper, printed form)


Certificate of Star of Companion of the Memorial of Merit of Saint Charles the Martyr, 13 January 1921
(paper, printed)


Licence to exercise the office of Diocesan Lay Reader, granted by Leonard, Bishop of Ely, 28 November 1925
(paper, printed form)


Certificate permitting R.H. Edleston to offer his services as a chaplain in North and Central Europe with note from the Anglican bishop at Fulham, 18 November 1932
(paper, 2 folios)


Certificate of admission as a Lay Reader by Bishop of Ely, 11 July 1942
(paper, 2 folios)


Rough notebook belonging to Robert Edleston the younger, containing notes and memoranda about the family and the business in 1839 and 1841, n.d. [c.1840]
(booklet, parchment cover, paper)


Notebook of William Edleston containing pencil sketches of machinery and brief philosophical notes, n.d. [mid-19th century]
(booklet, paper)


Diaries of Rev. J. Edleston, [1840's] - 1894
(1 volume, leather bound and 4 booklets)


Joseph Edleston's writing books, containing poems copied while a pupil at Halifax in 1824, aged 8
(2 booklets, paper)


Notebooks and diaries of Harriet Sophia Edleston, nee Cumming, 1848 - 1891
(2 volumes, leather bound, 4 booklets, paper and file, paper, 7 folios)


Address book of R.H. Edleston, n.d. [20th century]
(volume, cloth bound)


Diaries of R.H. Edleston including notes on travel, brass rubbing and horses, 1887 - 1952
(8 volumes, leather bound, 203 booklets, paper)


Record of [R.H. Edleston's] personal expenditure from 1920 - 1945 [not a complete series]
(paper, 373 folios)


Notebooks of Alice Edleston containing diary notes, memoranda and accounts, 1891 - 1936
(9 volumes, leather bound)


Recipe book belonging to Alice Edleston, with loose recipes enclosed, n.d. [late 19th century]
(volume, synthetic cover, and paper, 6 folios)


Pressed flower collection belonging to Alice Edleston, n.d. [late 19th century]
(paper, 57 folios)


Inventories of household goods at Gainford Vicarage, 57 Rhadegund Buildings, Cambridge and [BankHouse] Sowerby Bridge, [August 1865 - 11 May 1893]
(2 volumes, paper cover, paper, 2 folios)


Sermon preached by Rev. J.J. Cumming at Gainford, n.d. [late 19th century]
(paper, 10 folios)


A Forgotten Empress, by Maud Edleston, 1920
(volume, cardboard cover, paper, printed)

Articles by R.H. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 16/286-567)

'A Tour in Southern Italy' reprinted from the Clifton Chronicle, (11 May 1898), [post May 1898]
(paper, printed)


Article written for the Cambridge Chronicle about visits to Spain and Italy, 1906
(paper, 3 folios)


Rough draft and newspaper cutting about [some Cambridge men of] 100 years ago, 1923
(file, paper, 16 folios and paper, printed)


Notes from Italy, n.d. [early 20th century]
(booklet, paper, printed)


About the shelling of Folkestone, n.d. [early 1940's]
(paper, 2 folios)


Papers concerning members of the Edleston family, chiefly obituaries and biographies, 1860's - mid-20th century
(2 booklets, paper and paper, 27 folios)


Scrapbook containing greetings cards inscribed to R.H. Edleston from Isabella Bacchus, [1872]
(volume, leather half bound)


Greetings cards to members of the Edleston family, 1876 - 1954
(paper, printed, 139 folios)


Invitations sent to various members of the Edleston family, 1847 - 1954
(paper, printed, 64 folios)


Miscellaneous receipts and invoices addressed to various members of the Edleston family, July 1862 - April 1955
(paper, 175 folios)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Ed 16/568-593)

Memorandum Book for 1839 of poems
(booklet, paper)


Poem on Windsor Castle [by J. Edleston], 19 October 1849
(paper)


Itinerary of J. and R.H. Edleston's tour on the continent, 2 February - 12 April 1860, n.d.
(paper, 2 folios)


Declaration drawn up by a committee of clergymen appointed at a meeting held at Oxford, on "Inspiration", to which J. Edleston sent his signature, n.d. [1864]
(paper, printed)


Copy of an article about a gift to the National Lifeboat Institution by Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson Edleston, 8 August 1874
(paper, printed)


Notebook containing drawings and other child's notes by R.H. Edleston, n.d. [c.1875]
(volume, leather bound)


List of persons who were supposed to pay sums of money to Rev. J. Edleston, n.d. [1870's]
(paper)


Pages from a natural history diary for (January 1882), 1882 and late 19th century
(paper, 2 folios)


The Shakespeare Birthday Book belonging to Maud Acland, (1886), 1885
(volume, leather bound)


Prospectus of the Rectory School of Mr. E. Atherton Cumming at East Carlton, Norfolk, 1889
(paper, printed)


List of expenditures by R.H. Edleston on various train journeys, 14 - 16 December 1889
(paper)


Notebook of Alice and R.H. Edleston containing history and literature notes, 1880's
(booklet, paper)


Notes of R.H. Edleston describing his visit to London from Cambridge, 12 March 1891
(paper)


Notebook of enigmas and conundrums, n.d. [19th century]
(booklet, paper)


Jury Summonses issued to Alice Edleston, 1921 and 1927
(paper, printed, 2 folios)


Part of an appointments diary for 1932 annotated with rough notes, possibly page references to various directories
(booklet, printed form)


Lists of persons to whom R.H. Edleston wrote letters on 5 and 6 September, n.d. [1934]
(paper, 2 folios)


Lists of people to whom R H. Edleston sent copies of various newspapers between 1940 and 1945
(paper, 6 folios)


Notebooks entitled "My book list" containing notes of historical MSS and books read, n.d. [late 1940's]
(2 booklets, paper, printed form)


Article concerning Edleston House, Gainford and the collection of items of local historical interest there, n.d. [1950's]
(paper, typescript, 3 folios)


List of places to be visited whilst in Paris, compiled by [R.H. Edelston], n.d. [20th century]
(paper, 2 folios)


Sermons by [R.H. Edelston], n.d. [1900s]
(3 booklets)