Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
William Henry Richardson (1836-1909) was a schoolmaster and antiquary.
Papers relating to the Richardson family, to Abingdon and to Blewbury. The collection appears to have been formed by William H. Richardson.
The papers were presented to the Library by W.W. Richardson, of Kensington, London, in 1910.
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
Falconer Madan, et al.,
See also Collections of W.H. Richardson (MSS. Eng. misc. b. 24-5, d. 98).