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Stowe MS 819
- Record Id:
- 040-001953661
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000163
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 819
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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"A CHOROGRAHICAL, and Historicall, Description of ye county of Devon and city of Exon, in which is set down ye nature of ye country, of ye people, ye commodities, and goverments thereof, with sundry other things incident and worthy to be known, collected by T[ristram] R[isdon], Gent., for ye love of his country and countrymen." On the vellum cover is written, "A Description of the county of Devon by T.R., Gent., 1659." Tristram Risdon died in 1640. The arrangement differs somewhat from that of the printed edition, London, 1714. Paper; ff. 66. Folio.
Tristram Risdon: Description of the county of Devon, and of Exeter: 1659.
Exeter, Devon: Description of, by T. Risdon: 1659.
Devonshire: Description of, by T. Risdon: 1659.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953627
040-001953661 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 787-923 : CLASS XIX.GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Stowe MS 819 : "A CHOROGRAHICAL, and Historicall, Description of ye county of Devon and city of Exon, in which is set down ye nature of ye… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0019]/036-001953627[0032]/040-001953661
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1659
- End Date:
- 1659
- Date Range:
- 1659
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Risdon, Tristram, of Stowe MS 819
- Places:
- Devonshire, England
Exeter, England