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D3004 - Mr B M Cole of Wyaston, local historian - c1869-c1984

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3004
Title	Mr B M Cole of Wyaston, local historian
Date	c1869-c1984
Description	Scrapbook and photograph relating to the history of Well Dressing in Edlaston and Wyaston
Extent	2 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Mr B M Cole of Wyaston, local historian
Administrative History	Compiled by Mr B M Cole of Wyaston and relating to the history of well dressing in Edlaston and Wyaston 1869-1984. This began with the gift of a pump well to the village of Wyaston by Mrs Harriet Alderson (widow of the Reverend William Alderson) of Wyaston Grove in 1869. Bishop Hobhouse, rector of Edlaston, presented another smaller well to the parish of Edlaston and Wyaston in 1871. There were probably no well dressings from 1915 to 1919 inclusive and there were none from 1940 to 1968 inclusive.
Custodial History	The volume below was donated to Derbyshire Record Office in July 1986.
Organisation Sub-Type	Local historians
Format	Document
Format	Photographic
Term	Well dressing
Acknowledgements	This list added to catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project, with the assistance of Philip Hutchinson.
Archivist Note	First catalogued August 1986? Updated September 2007, MOS. Updated March 2021, BS.

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Edlaston
Wyaston

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