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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4126
Title	Nightingale family of Lea
Date	c1756-1955
Description	Lea, Holloway, Matlock, Wensley: Nightingale family estates
Extent	3 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Nightingale family of Lea
Administrative History	In 1707 Thomas Nightingale bought Lea Hurst, formerly the property of the Spateman family of Roadnook, Morton. The Nightingales married into the Evans family of Matlock and then into the Norton Shore family. William Edward Norton Shore took the surname Nightingale. He was the father of Parthenope and Florence Nightingale (d1910). Various outlying parts of the Lea Hurst estate were sold in 1919 and the remainder was disposed of after the death of Louis Nightingale in 1940
Custodial History	These documents were transferred from a London firm of solicitors via the British Records Association (BRA no 2650) in January 1995.
Organisation Sub-Type	Family and estate
Related Material	For other Nightingale family papers, see D1575, D2352, D3585, D4519, D5093. For a full list relating to this collection, click the link below.
Acknowledgements	Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by volunteer Ayesha Swinson