Extracts from parish registers, and select monumental inscriptions, of churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, compiled by Joseph Lemuel Chester, including indexes of parishes and personal names.
Collections of Joseph Lemuel Chester
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Top. Berks. c. 24; Top. Bucks. c. 9; Top. Oxon. c. 165-172
- Dates of Creation
- 1880
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 10 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Joseph Lemuel Chester (1821-1882) was a genealogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The volumes were presented to the Library by Brien Cokayne in 1912.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 35682-3, 35724-31.