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. In 1933 Walters undertook the arrangement of the Society's 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.
See also thirty-five large folio volumes (in SA Drawings Collections) of mounted rubbings of inscriptions on bells, consisting of eighteen volumes (blue cloth) and two volumes (green) relating to separate counties, and fifteen volumes (red) relating to miscellaneous counties.
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.
See also thirty-five large folio volumes (in SA Drawings Collections) of mounted rubbings of inscriptions on bells, consisting of eighteen volumes (blue cloth) and two volumes (green) relating to separate counties, and fifteen volumes (red) relating to miscellaneous counties.
Creator
Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1867-1944), art historian and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/722/1-7
Conditions governing access
Please note that this collection is currently being recatalogued which may restrict access to some parts. Please contact the Archivist with as much notice as possible if you would like to consult any items in this collection.
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