Notes of Henry Corder, mostly on churches
Reference code
COR
Title
Notes of Henry Corder, mostly on churches
Date
c.1880-1938
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
18 volumes
Quarto.
Half leather binding, brown. Bookplate of Henry Corder in COR/01.
Quarto.
Half leather binding, brown. Bookplate of Henry Corder in COR/01.
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/01 - Essex and Norfolk
- COR/02 - Cambs., Devon, Dorset, Essex, Kent, Somerset, Suff., Surr., Wilts., some northern counties
- COR/03 - Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
- COR/04 - Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hereford, City of London, Norfolk, Northants., Salop, Wilts.
- COR/05 - Notts., Warws., Worcs., Yorks.
- COR/06 - Essex
- COR/07 - Berks., Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hants., Herts., City of London, Wilts.
- COR/08 - Durham, Heref., Lincs., Northumb., Notts., Staffs., Worcs., Yorks.
- COR/09 - Berks., Devon, Glos., Hants., Wilts., S. Wales.
- COR/10 - Beds., City of London, Middlx., Norf., Suff..
- COR/11 - Cambs., Lincs., Norf., Northants., Oxon.
- COR/12 - Derbs., Notts., Staffs., Yorks.
- COR/13 - Kent, Sussex
- COR/14 - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hants., Wilts.
- COR/15 - Cheshire, Derbs., Glos., Lancs., Worcs., Lake District
- COR/16 - Cumb., Lancs., Northumb., Westmorland, Scotland
- COR/17 - Cambs. (including Cambridge colleges), Lincs., Northants., Rutland, Suff.
- COR/18 - Berks., Bucks., Glos., Herts., Oxon., Norf., Suff.