Verse by Egerton Leigh, mainly relating to Cheshire.
Verse by Egerton Leigh
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 11-14
- Dates of Creation1867-9
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description4 shelfmarks
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Administrative / Biographical History
Egerton Leigh (1815-1876) was a poet and writer on dialect. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
The verse was bought from Alfred Halewood of Preston in 1918.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53862-5.