Manuscripts
Westmoreland Papers
- Description
These consist of copies of letters relating to the manors of Hilton and Murton and their boundaries, and a few leases and draft leases of lead mines. (The Dukes of Bridgewater had an interest in a lease of lead mines in these Manors).
- Production date
- approximately 1150-1803.
- Call number
- EL 11312-11333
- Provenance
- Purchased with the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917.
- Rights
- Facsimile material: Researchers must apply for permission to publish or quote these materials from the owners of the originals. Please contatct: Estate Administrator. Mertoun Estate. St. Boswell's, Melrose, Roxburghshire. SCOTLAND TD6 0EA.
