Papers of John Manwaring Baines

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1516
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1837-1985
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 boxes

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Family correspondence; (2) Diaries; (3) Notes on the history of Hastings; (4) Multiple copies of an abstract of title of an estate belonging to Joseph Jowitt in Sheepscar (Leeds), 1837

Administrative / Biographical History

John Manwaring Baines graduated from the University of Leeds in 1931 and later became Curator of the Borough Museum in Hastings. He was a member of the Baines family who had once owned the Leeds Mercury, and his father Frederic Talbot Baines was clerk to the Senate of Leeds University

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the John Manwaring Baines, 1985-1989

Note

In English

Family Names