Thomas Thorp of Alnwick, Northumberland: garden plans, garden book and papers (catalogued)

Plans and papers relating to the gardens of Thomas Thorp at 7 Bailiffgate Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, including garden plans with details of plants, garden notebook and notes, and lists of vegetable seeds and roots used in the gardens.

Thomas Thorp (28 Oct 1805-1854) was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, the son of Robert Thorp, clerk of the peace for Northumberland, and his wife Mary Ann Alder. He married Elizabeth Jane Tudor, youngest daughter of F. Tudor Esq of Queens Parade, Bath, on 9 Apr 1835, and they had two sons, Robert, born in 1838, and William Tudor, born in 1841.

Thomas Thorp joined his father as an attorney at Thorp and Dickson in Narrowgate House, Alnwick. In Jul 1828 he was appointed a Master Extraordinary in the High Court Chancery. The 1841 census shows Thomas Thorp and his family living at Bailiffgate Street, Alnwick, occupation attorney at law. The 1851 census shows Thomas Thorp at the Railway Hotel, Tweedmouth, occupation attorney, and Elizabeth J. Thorp, attorney's wife living at 7 Bailiffgate Street, Alnwick. Thomas Thorp died in 1854, and his will was proven on 13 May 1854. Elizabeth Thorp continued to live at 7 Bailiffgate Street, and died on 2 Mar 1890. Dickson, Archer & Thorp solicitors operated from Narrowgate House, Alnwick, from the early 1800s until 2003.

Source: Ancestry.co.uk; British Newspaper Archives

The material has been arranged in chronological order.

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Purchased in Jan 2009 from Ken Spelman, booksellers of York.

The Lindley Library descriptive catalogue, available on-line via the Archives Hub, and as a paper copy in the Research Room.

Catalogued by Liz Taylor, RHS Lindley Libraries archivist, in Aug 2014. Research assistance given by Ann Thornham, RHS Lindley Libraries volunteer.

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