Correspondence and Papers of George Ridding

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 31; Eng. th. c. 55
  • Dates of Creation
      1886-1904
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers of George Ridding, consisting of:

  • Correspondence, 1886-1904
  • Sermons, addresses and notes by Ridding, 1886-95

Administrative / Biographical History

George Ridding (1828-1904) was Head Master of Winchester and Bishop of Southwell. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library by Lady Laura Ridding in 1935.

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. I, nos. 40786-7.

Related Material

See also Interleaved Copy of Lady Laura Ridding, George Ridding (London, 1908) (MSS. Eng. hist. d. 185-6).

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