Collections made by James Bowen
MS. Gough Shropshire 7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collections made by James Bowen
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Shropshire 7
Summary
Collections made by James Bowen, a painter and undertaker of Shrewsbury (d. 1774: his printed trade-card is in Gough Shropshire 2, p. 744; 18, p. 41) and his son John, for a history of Shropshire and especially Shrewsbury: 'Antiquities of Shropshire, with the state of that County down to the present year 17.'
This is a copy of part of the next volume, written out, with the omission of some references and in a rather more literary style: but includes only the general account, Shrewsbury and other boroughs, and the hundreds of Pimhill, Ford, Overs, Stottesden, Purslow and Munslow (part). A list of contents by Gough is prefixed.
Date
Written chiefly in the third quarter of the 18th century, partly by J. Bowen
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
202 Leaves
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Collection contents
Shropshire
Collections made by James Bowen
