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The west prospect of St. Martin’s Church in the Fields, Westminster

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“View of the west front of the church, a graveyard to the right; in sky a scroll with a dedication to Browne Willis Esq; a flag flying from the top of the tower.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker.
  • Title: The west prospect of St. Martin’s Church in the Fields, Westminster [graphic].
  • Publication: [London : publisher not identified], 1744]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

Topos L847 no. 148+

Acquired May 2016

Churchwarden’s accounts, Gamlingay, 1739 April-1740 June

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An account of the disbursements made to the churchwarden Christopher Parson for expenses paid out from April 1740 to April 1741. Recorded are the expenses for trips to Cambridge, payments to ringers for a celebration on the anniversary of the restoration of Charles II, the coronation of George II, and for Guy Fawkes Day; payments for hedgehogs, beer, books, repairs to the bells, etc.; with later annotations describing the location of the town and reasons for the expenditures. On the verso, the names of ten individuals who approved the accounts.

  • Author: Parson, Christopher.
  • Title: Churchwarden’s accounts, Gamlingay, 1739 April-1740 June.

Catalog record

LWL Mss File 106+

Acquired January 2013