The Heart of England

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 10617B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004569310
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1906, [?1913]
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • iii, 233 ff.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

The original manuscript of Edward Thomas, The Heart of England (London, 1906), together with a letter from the author to Jesse Berridge, rector of Little Badow, Chelmsford, [?1913] (f. iii).
The letter was published in The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 10617B.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, p. 233.

Alternative Form Available

Digital version available: https://viewer.library.wales/3748030 (viewed August 2021)

Custodial History

'Mr Berridge ... sent the manuscript to the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund Committee to be presented to a library. The choice of a suitable library was left to the Committee, which gave the first offer to the National Library of Wales.' (NLW, Annual Report 1935-1936, p. 30).

Related Material

For further correspondence of Edward Thomas with Jesse Berridge, see NLW MS 23695E, which contains seventy-six letters dated 1901-1917.

Additional Information

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