Stewart Collection

Maps, books and papers of Martin Stewart and his son Douglas Martin Stewart including, ordnance survey maps, c.1805-1951; street maps, c.1862-c.1929; facsimile of Hoefnagle's map of Bristol in 1575, 1868; Stanford's brochure of maps of London, 1874; Bradshaw's railway maps of the British Isles, 1889-1949; railway map for Yorkshire and Lancashire, n.d; Stanford's Indexed Atlas of the County of London, 1911, 1920; Daily Telegraph Pocket Atlas of the [First World] War, n.d; Hardings' Route Guide and Map to the district of York, n.d; Bartholomew's’ historical map of Scotland, n.d; map of Guernsey, n.d; printed books including Bradshaw's Railway Companion 1844, Digest of the English Census of 1871; antiquarian notes listing divisions of parishes and counties, population figures, n.d.

The Stewarts were a family of solicitors based in Wakefield , Chester and York. Martin Stewart was born 20 August 1852 in Wakefield to William Stewart, solicitor, and his wife Anne. By the time of the1881 census Martin had followed his father into the legal profession; he is recorded as a solicitor living with his brother William, another solicitor and a Justice of the Peace, at Milnthorpe House in Sandal Magna.
Martin married Bertha Wigglesworth at Wakefield the following year and their son Douglas Martin Stewart was born there in 1885. By 1891 the family was living in Chester at Edgar House and Martin had retired.
His son Douglas Martin Stewart was educated at Shrewsbury School and then at Cambridge, graduating BA in 1907. In the 1911 census 25 year old Douglas is described as a solicitor’s articled clerk and is living in York.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute by the family in 1969.

The Stewarts were a family of solicitors based in Wakefield , Chester and York. Martin Stewart was born 20 August 1852 in Wakefield to William Stewart, solicitor, and his wife Anne. By the time of the1881 census Martin had followed his father into the legal profession; he is recorded as a solicitor living with his brother William, another solicitor and a Justice of the Peace, at Milnthorpe House in Sandal Magna.
Martin married Bertha Wigglesworth at Wakefield the following year and their son Douglas Martin Stewart was born there in 1885. By 1891 the family was living in Chester at Edgar House and Martin had retired.
His son Douglas Martin Stewart was educated at Shrewsbury School and then at Cambridge, graduating BA in 1907. In the 1911 census 25 year old Douglas is described as a solicitor’s articled clerk and is living in York.

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Created by S. A. Shearn, 07.05.15.

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