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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1599
TitleOffley family of Norton
Date18th-19th cent
Descriptioncopy correspondence and other papers; Typescript transcripts of papers of the Martin family of Suffolk
Extent3 items
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorOffley family of Norton
Administrative HistoryThe Offley family, who were nonconformists acquired Norton Hall by inheritance in the 17th century. It descended to Urith Offley who married Samuel Shore in 1759. The Shores lived at Norton Hall until 1843 when the estate was sold. Like the Offleys the Shores were nonconformists and Samuel Shore wrote a memoir of Robert Newton of Norton House.
Custodial HistoryAcquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1976.
Organisation Sub-TypeCopies and ephemera
Places
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Norton 
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