Transcription of Domesday Survey of Bedfordshire by Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh

Collection Level Description: Transcription of Domesday Survey of Bedfordshire by Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh

Reference: MSS. Top. Beds. d. 1-4
Title: Transcription of Domesday Survey of Bedfordshire by Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh
Dates of Creation: 1830
Extent: 4 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Thomas Orlebar Marsh (1749-1831) of Felmersham House, Bedfordshire, was a vicar, antiquary and naturalist.

Scope and Content

A transcript, tabulation and translation of the Domesday Survey of Bedfordshire, with some parish notes occasionally added, stated to be by the Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

The papers were bought at the (Leonard Lawrie) Harley sale, 3 May 1886, by Lord Brabourne.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bought by the Library at Lord Brabourne's sale in 1891.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 31132-5.

Access Points

Domesday book

Marsh | Thomas Orlebar | 1749-1831 | Vicar, Antiquary, and Naturalist

Bedfordshire (England)

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