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Wheat Collection

 Collection
Reference code: WHE1

Scope and Contents

A collection of 245 volumes on law from the Wheat family of Sheffield solicitors. The majority were printed in the 18th century, although 35 date from the 17th century, and 21 from the early 19th century.

The Wheats were a family of Sheffield solicitors, active from around 1766 until the 1930s. The first James Wheat was a solicitor whose business was based in Paradise Square in Sheffield. He built a library of books on the law dating back to the sixteenth century. Many of the volumes were interleaved with blank pages for note-making, and this collection is very much an insight into a professional man's working library.

This collection is in the process of being fully catalogued. The listing is not yet available online.

Dates

  • Creation: c1600 - c1850

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available to all researchers, by appointment only

Biographical / Historical

The Wheats were a family of Sheffield solicitors, active from around 1766 until the 1930s. The first James Wheat took over the business interest of fellow solicitor William Battie, and was clerk to a number of Sheffield trusts, charities and commissions. The last of the solicitor Wheats, J.B. Wheat, died in 1936.

Extent

245 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

By subject

Custodial History

Donated by Mr. G.J. Wheat in 1991

Topical

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299