Homepage
Home
Search
Catalogue Search
Name Search
Place Search
Contact Us
Record
D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
52 - Box 52 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Browse this collection
This entry describes an individual archive record or file. Click here to browse the full catalogue for this collection
Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3287/52/1
Title
Papers, correspondence and accounts regarding Horticultural college, Swanley, Kent
Date
[early 20th cent]
Description
Accounts, syllabuses, reports and correspondence. Includes reports of the Colonial Branch and a letter from the South African Colonisation Society to Mrs Gell relating to an 'Irish consumptive girl' potentially travelling to South Africa with 'our Agriculture Miss Davies'.
Extent
56 items
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Education
British Empire
Colonialism
Emigration
Show related Persons records.
Related Names
Name (click for further details)
Swanley Horticultural College; 1889-1945
Gell; Edith Lyttelton (1860-1944); writer and Christian activist
Places
Place (click for further details)
Type
South Africa
Add to My Items
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer
Useful Links
Viewing the records
I can't find what I'm looking for
Research Guides
Reproducing items from the collections
Picture the Past - old photos
Heritage Mapping Portal
Online Exhibitions
Our Blog
Tweets by DRO
See more Collection highlights
National Coal Board
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer
Harpur Crewe family of Calke
Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier
Collection Highlights