Collection Level Description: Papers of the Parsons and Thomson Families of Oxford
Reference: MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 828-33, f. 105-6, g. 22-39
Title: Papers of the Parsons and Thomson Families of Oxford
Dates of Creation: 1814-1906
Extent: 28 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Scope and Content
Papers of the Parsons and Thomson families, consisting of:
- Miscellaneous letters and papers, including papers relating to the Old Bank, High Street, Oxford
- Diaries of John Parson II (1779-1869), 1831, 1838, 1840-1, 1843-6, 1849, 1857-60, 1863-5
- Diaries of Elizabeth, wife of John Parsons II, 1823, 1827
- Accounts of the executors of John Parsons I (1752-1814)
- Contemporary copy of the will of James Thomson, 1832
- Copies of papers relating to the wills of the three unmarried sisters of John Thomson (1835-1922), Sarah
(d. 1893), Mary Ann (d. 1898), and Elizabeth (d. 1906)
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1981.
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
A full description is available in the Library.
Related Units of Description
See also Papers of Mr L.F. Bradburn and Papers of the Parsons Family.
Access Points
Banks and banking | England | Oxford
Diaries | 19th century
Parsons | Elizabeth | fl. 1823-1827
Parsons | John | 1752-1814 | banker
Parsons | John | 1779-1869
Thomson | Elizabeth | d. 1906
Thomson | James | d. ? 1832
Thomson | Mary Ann | d. 1898
Thomson | Sarah | d. 1893
Parsons | family | Oxford
Thomson | family | Oxford
Old Bank, Oxford
Oxford (England)
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09 June 2011