Antiquities, biography, poetry, etc. : manuscript, 1801-1940.

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Antiquities, biography, poetry, etc. : manuscript, 1801-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612821210

This volume was created by Parkes and includes later additions. It is illustrated throughout with watercolors, and includes: histories of Buildwas Abbey, Tong, the Pillar of Eliseg, and Rodney's Pillar; records of the Breidden Society, 1809-1815; poetry written for the annual Breidden Festival by John Freeman Milward Dovaston, Ralph Rylance, Edward Jones, and John Hamilton Reynolds; newspaper clippings regarding topics and individuals mentioned in the volume; and 2 letters by A. Dovaston to Mr. Fewtrell, 1935.

69 p. [3] leaves, bound, ill. ; 21 cm.

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Rylance, Ralph

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Dovaston, John Freeman Milward, 1782-1854

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The amateur astronomer and scientific instrument maker John Dovaston was born into a long-established Shropshire family on April 25, 1740, the son of John Dovaston and Margaret (Rogers). While still in his twenties, Dovaston used the proceeds from his sugar plantations in Jamaica to build "The Nursery," an estate near West Felton, near Shrewsbury, where he lived until his death on April 4, 1808. He left a son John Freeman Millward Dovaston. His wife Ann (Hoper) had died in the previ...

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Eyton, Robert William, 1815-1881

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Buildwas Abbey (Shropshire)

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Parkes, David, 1763-1833.

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David Parkes was an English schoolmaster, draughtsman and antiquary. The Breidden Society in Wales was founded in 1789 by John Dovaston of West Felton for the purpose of hosting a festival at Breidden Hill once a year during June or July. From the description of Antiquities, biography, poetry, etc. : manuscript, 1801-1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612821210 ...

Breidden Society.

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Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852

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19th century British poet. From the description of Letters of John Hamilton Reynolds, 1816-1821. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510279 English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to A. Cunningham, 1828 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852036 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, I.O.W., to PlancheĢ [James Robinson], 1850 July 4. (Unknown). Wo...

Jones, Edward, 1752-1824

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