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D779 - Holden Family of Aston Hall, Aston-upon-Trent - 1215-1924
Z - Miscellaneous - [1484]-1895
9 - Notes relating to documents found at Aston Hall in 1920 - c1920-c1921
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D779/Z/45
Former Reference
D779/Z/45
Title
Book with manuscript notes of the substance of an address given before the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society on 22 February 1921 by the Reverend R Lethbridge Farmer on five documents discovered at Aston Hall, lent for the occasion by Colonel Winterbottom
Date
c1921
Description
The documents are said to have been discovered by workmen in 1920 under the boarded floor of the drawing room. The notes say that the Hall was not built until the 17th century and that the older hall was on a site a short distance away, although within the same grounds.
The documents concerned are D779B/T 127, D779B/T 130, D779B/Z 7, D779B/T 93 and D779B/T 103.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Holden Family of Aston Hall, Aston-upon-Trent
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