Corder Collection. Notes, mostly on churches, of Henry Corder
Reference code
COR
Title
Corder Collection. Notes, mostly on churches, of Henry Corder
Date
c.1880-1938
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Eighteen volumes. Quarto. Half leather binding, brown. Bookplate of Henry Corder in COR/001.
Scope and content
Collections of Henry Corder (1855-1944), nurseryman, relating mostly to churches; compiled c. 1880-1938. Corder moved from Essex to Bridgwater, c. 1890. He was an active member of the Bridgwater Field Club and a Council member of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (SANHS). Obituary in Bridgwater Mercury, 21 Nov.1944. He left a series of numbered bound volumes of notes, drawings, photographs, etc., relating to churches and other historic buildings. Contents lists of parishes in each volume.
Creator
Corder, Henry (1855-1944), antiquary and nurseryman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/957
MS 957
MS 957
Archival history
The eighteen volumes in this collection were deposited in SA by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (SANHS) in 1975; volumes 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, relating mainly to Somerset, were retained by SANHS; volumes 5,7, 20 are missing.
Related units of description
Volumes of church notes relating to Somerset were retained by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (SANHS); see archival history. Corder's Natural History Diaries, 1903-26 (4 vols.) are also in SANHS.
Contents
- COR/001 - Corder notebooks, volume 1
- COR/002 - Corder notebooks, volume 2
- COR/003 - Corder notebooks, volume 3
- COR/004 - Corder notebooks, volume 4
- COR/005 - Corder notebooks, volume 10
- COR/006 - Corder notebooks, volume 11
- COR/007 - Corder notebooks, volume 13
- COR/008 - Corder notebooks, volume 14
- COR/009 - Corder notebooks, volume 15
- COR/010 - Corder notebooks, volume 16
- COR/011 - Corder notebooks, volume 19
- COR/012 - Corder notebooks, volume 21
- COR/013 - Corder notebooks, volume 22
- COR/014 - Corder notebooks, volume 23
- COR/015 - Corder notebooks, volume 24
- COR/016 - Corder notebooks, volume 25
- COR/017 - Corder notebooks, volume 26
- COR/018 - Corder notebooks, volume 27