Verse by Egerton Leigh

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 11-14
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1867-9
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Verse by Egerton Leigh, mainly relating to Cheshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

Egerton Leigh (1815-1876) was a poet and writer on dialect. 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.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

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.

Subjects

Poetry

Geographical Names

Cheshire, England