24 grants for 2003.
The manuscript East End of Crowland Abbey by John Clare is significant as it is the first manuscript of this poem which was later published in The Rural Muse (1835). It is accompanied by the pen-and-ink drawing, which inspired the poem, by Francis Simpson (1796-1861).
The collection comprises about 3,100 photographs and 450 postcards and range in date from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1980s, and thus cover the heyday of the railways. Canals, railways and transport infrastructure have played a prominent role in the history and development of the county.
These deeds are strays from the main Vernon archive, which is divided between the Cheshire and Derbyshire Record Offices. They comprise the marriage settlement of the Hon. Augustus Henry Vernon and Lady Harriet Anson (dated 6 June 1851) and a deed of settlement between Lord Vernon and Augustus Henry his son (dated 1 September 1852).
This is the autograph draft of the last four pages, in full score, of Elgar's Cello Concerto, which the composer gave to Sir Edward Speyer. This concerto was Elgar's last major orchestral composition.
The map of Toulston, near Tadcaster, adds to the records of the Fairfax family which are held by the Record Office.
The gem of these maps depicts the Manor of Little Abington and was made in 1603 by John Norden, one of the foremost Elizabethan and Jacobean topographers. Two further maps are of parts of Abington Hall or Park estate: the earlier (of 1716-17) is by Benjamin Fallowes and the later one (1818) was made by Alexander Watford.
The library of Florence Court was in the main collected by William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-86), an enthusiastic amateur scientist. The library was removed by his descendents, but the Trust has been able to buy nearly 500 back for the house.
Roger Robertson of Ladykirk, Berwickshire, made his Grand Tour in 1750-53 and bought pictures and prints in Italy. His letters home are long and detailed and he frequently assures his parents of the good sense with which he spends his time and his father's money.
This set of an extremely rare botanical monograph contains 1,187 hand-coloured engraved plates and is bound in a contemporary half-leather binding. Volumes 1 to 2 were written by Vietz, an Austrian physician, who later became Professor of Forensic Medicine at Vienna University.
The archive comprises manuscripts and books from the family library, many of which have been annotated by Watt and his son, James Watt Junior. It includes Watt Junior's correspondence: the letters discuss the publication of works about steam engines and changes in partnership for the firm Boulton & Watt.
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1928) was the half-sister of the 6th Duke of Portland. In 1902 she married Philip Morrell in 1902 and until 1915, they lived in Bloomsbury where she established herself as a literary and political hostess. From 1915 they lived at Garsington Manor, near Oxford.
The Trust bought 10 lots at the sale, including letters of William & Mary Wordsworth to William's cousin Edward Ferguson of 1837 and books owned and annotated by the poet.
This collection consists of 51 letters and 6 postcards written by Siegfried Sassoon to Vivian de Sola Pinto between January 1919 and December 1966. Pinto first met Sassoon in France in June 1918, when he reported for duty with 'A' Company of the 25th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers as Sassoon's second in command.
The map is the oldest known cartographic depiction of Hove and shows it when it was farmed as open fields or 'laines' before they disappeared under the 19th century development of Brighton and Hove.
Personal accounts of the lives of working people are extremely rare in any century, and one of a painter and glazier in 19th century Salisbury, in two volumes running to 736 closely written pages, caused much interest in Wiltshire. In 1881 William Small sat down and wrote about his life, his family and acquaintances, and his home city.…
This incunable is a popular devotional and moralising work, written in the vernacular, and printed in Vicenza by Johannes de Reno in 1476.
Frederick Temple (1821-1902) and William Temple (1881-1944) were the only father and son who were Archbishops of Canterbury, respectively in 1896-1902 and 1942-44. This acquisition complements the Temple papers already held at Lambeth.
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1928) was the half-sister of the 6th Duke of Portland. In 1902 she married Philip Morrell in 1902 and until 1915, they lived in Bloomsbury where she established herself as a literary and political hostess. From 1915 they lived at Garsington Manor, near Oxford.
Edward Grigg, 1st Lord Altrincham (1879-1955) was a journalist, public servant and politician. The archive reflects all aspects of his life, including the India of his childhood, his period as a journalist with The Times, his service in the First World War and his political career.
Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-91), statesman and poet, was Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880. The 177 files inlcude his public and private papers from 1876-80 and his correspondence from his Private Secretary's Office.
Britten wrote Peter Grimes in 1944 to 1945 and the opera was first performed at the newly re-opened Sadler's Wells on 7 June 1945. The acquisition of these leaves sheds light on the gestation of the work and provide evidence of the composer's changes of mind.
G. King & Son of Norwich (est. 1927) was the leading conservator of stained glass for much of the 20th century and Dennis King was closely involved with the Corpus Vitrearum project in England.
This archive relates to a family, with all its marriage alliances, spanning 700 years. The core is the family and estate papers of Hattons of Kirby Hall and Holdenby, Northamptonshire.
Three incunabula (two English and one from Lyons) were bought by the British Library at the sale. The books are (i) John Alcock.