Collections of H B Walters FSA on church bells
Reference code
WAH
Title
Collections of H B Walters FSA on church bells
Date
mid-19th to mid-20th century
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Unbound papers and three notebooks in six boxes and one slipcase.
Scope and content
Collections by Henry Beauchamp Walters, FSA (1867-1944), Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, relating to church bells in England; 19th-20th century. In 1933 Walters undertook the arrangement of the SA collection of bell material (A.J., 13 (1933), 353).
The collections also include notes and rubbings made by the Rev. Thomas Archer Turner, rector of Ickford, Bucks., c. 1870 (formerly numbered SAL/MS/789), and some material by others, including L. H. Chambers of St Albans.
Walters published Church Bells (1908) and Church Bells of England (1912) and many other books and papers relating to church bells.
The collections also include notes and rubbings made by the Rev. Thomas Archer Turner, rector of Ickford, Bucks., c. 1870 (formerly numbered SAL/MS/789), and some material by others, including L. H. Chambers of St Albans.
Walters published Church Bells (1908) and Church Bells of England (1912) and many other books and papers relating to church bells.
Creator
Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1867-1944), art historian and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/722/1-7
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