Photograph of Akeley Wood, Buckinghamshire, 1860s
Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/88
Photograph of Akeley Wood, Buckinghamshire, 1860s
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Akeley Wood, Buckinghamshire. Around 1860 the Bursar of New College Oxford sold 90 acres of Akeley Wood to Captain Charles Pilgrim for a small country estate. Pilgrim’s new buildings included a house and stables designed by George Devey in the mid-late 1860s. Annotated 'Akeley Wood, Bucks. G. Devey'.
Dates
- Creation: 1860s
Creator
- From the Fonds: Devey, George, 1820 - 1886 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available to all researchers, by appointment.
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 21.3 x 28.3 cm
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Processing Information
Former Reference Code 281/A88
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
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Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk