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BR130 Romsey Abbey papers

BR130/1 Letter from John Ford, Romsey, to Henry John Temple, third 10 Feb 1823 Viscount Palmerston, informing Palmerston that the vestry has agreed to raise £400 on annuity to help ay for the repairing the Romsey Abbey Church Palmerston has noted on the outside of the letter: “12 Feb[ruar]y May add 10£ to my subscription.”

BR130/2 Paper, in the hand of Lord Palmerston, of the sittings in the n.d. [1823] pews of Romsey Abbey Church before the alterations in 1823

BR130/3 Printed letter from Henry Holmes, Romsey, to the parishioners 5 May 1825 of Romsey about the intended improvements to the gardens at the west end of Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/4 Letter from William Vaux to Lord Palmerston requesting 4 Feb 1835 patronage and a subscription for a Sunday school for boys at the Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/5 Letter from William Fostner to Lord Palmerston seeking a 14 Dec 1840 subscription toward the cost of heating the Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/6 Appeal letter from Revd G.T.Noel, Vicar of the Romsey Abbey 4 Oct 1844 Church, seeking subscriptions for alterations in the church. Lord Palmerston has added names and amounts of money to the list of subscriptions promised and has noted on the outside of the letter: “10 Nov answered as by copy written.”

BR130/7 Letter from Revd G.T.Noel, Vicar of the Romsey Abbey 4 Oct 1844 Church, to Lord Palmerston, concerning restoration of the church. Palmerston has written his reply below Noel’s letter 7 Nov 1844

BR130/8 Printed appeal letter, illustrated by a coloured image of the 1845 Romsey Abbey from the north west, and with the extract of a lecture by Revd J.L.Petit attached, from the committee formed to raise money for the restoration of the Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/9 Printed appeal letter from the committee for the restoration of 26 Nov 1858 the Romsey Abbey Church, with a letter from Sir Frederick Ouseley to the Vicar of the Church, concerning the new church organ

BR130/10 Printed letter from Revd E.L.Berthon, Vicar of Romsey Abbey, 1867 to the parishoners of Romsey, on the restoration of the church

BR130/11/1-2 Two copies of a printed appeal letter for money to undertake 7 Nov 1878 work on the eastern side of Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/12 Number 15 of an appeal leaflet, with original photographs, for 6 Jan 1887 the improvement of Romsey Abbey Church for the Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee

BR130/13 Letter from John Simon to Edward Clifford concerning a 7 Oct 1869 subscription to a memorial for Lord Mount Temple

BR130/14 Letter from Mrs Kincaid to Edward Clifford concerning a n.d. nineteenth subscription to a memorial for Lord Mount Temple century 2

BR130/15 Letter from Ethel Grenfell to Edward Clifford concerning a n.d. nineteenth subscription to a memorial for Lord Mount Temple century

BR130/16 Letter from Robert Matthews to Edward Clifford concerning a n.d. nineteenth subscription to a memorial for Lord Mount Temple century

BR130/17 Letter from G.F.W.Mortimer to Edward Clifford concerning a 10 Oct 1889 meeting of the Romsey Abbey Church restoration committee

BR130/18 Estimate from Goulding and Son, builders, contractors and 27 May 1899 undertakers to supply and fix galvanised wire window guards to Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/19 Receipt from George Wheeler and Sons, builders, undertakers, 18 Nov 1902 for payment to cover stained glass windows in the Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/20 Receipt from James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars Glass Works, 27 Oct 1902 London, for the supply and installation of windows in Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/21 Offprint from the Hampshire chronicle ‘Proposed addition of a 28 Nov 1908 porch to Romsey Abbey: Mr Chancellor Gore Browne’s decision—the faculty granted’

BR130/22 Subscription paper for the Romsey parochial fund Oct 1917

BR130/23 Photograph of the interior of Romsey Abbey Church n.d.

BR130/24 Postcard of the Waterloo monument outside Romsey Abbey 1923 Church. W.W.Ashley has noted on the back of the card that the monument was transferred in 1923 and re-erected in the parcel of land Ashley added to the Abbey precincts that year, 22 Sep 1923

BR130/25/1-5 Five letters from Revd W.B.Corban, Vicar of Romsey Abbey 26 Jan 1926-18 Church, to W.W.Ashley concerning work on the Church, on Dec 1928 three of these W.W.Ashley has made annotations at the top of the letters

BR130/26 Letter from Walter Herbert, Secretary of the Romsey Parochial 2 Feb 1927 Church Council, to W.W.Ashley thanking Ashley for this donations made by him and asking if his name might be added to the electoral roll of the parish

BR130/27 Correspondence, receipts, notes by W.W.Ashley, 1921, 1921-5 newspaper cutting, 1921, photograph of the new pew erected in 1925, all relating to the Broadlands family pew in Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/28 Correspondence, together with a note, relating to the gift of two 1928-9 staves by W.W.Ashley, for the churchwardens of Romsey Abbey Church

BR130/29 Copy of the Illustrated Times with illustrations of the interior of 11 Nov 1865 Romsey Abbey Church with the Broadlands pew, Grove Place Farm on the Broadlands estate and Lee Church

BR130/30 Letter from G.R.Kendle to W.W.Ashley enclosing a extracts on 25 Aug 1921 a short history of Romsey which he thought might be of use to Ashley 3

BR130/31 Order of service for a dedication of the window in the south 8 Nov 1902 transept of Romsey Abbey Church as a memorial to Lady Mount Temple