Manuscripts overview

The Manuscripts collection comprises 600 documents or groups of closely related documents (e.g. recitals and conveyances) relating to the area and mostly consisting of : deeds to property; records of local associations; papers collected by or related to notable local residents; documents relating to the history of local military organisations and hospitals; and parish and vestry records. Notable among these are: a grant of tithes to the Prior of Merton, 1354; a conveyance of land by the Bishop of Exeter, 1414; deeds relating to the purchase of Merton Place by Lord Horatio Nelson and its subsequent disposal; and the diaries of the Victorian engineer Henry Forde.

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