| Description | 1. Notebook dated 1875 used as an aide memoire for scuttles of coal, things to be laundered, medicine taken, things that need doing on the estate, letters written and so on.
2. 28 Aug 1911 Draft letter from Charles Henry Talbot to Professor Smillie saying that he had received a letter from his friend Mr Snowden Ward enclosing an extract from a letter which he had received from Professor Smillie and it would appear that the photographic inventions (which in reality are a series of discoveries of which the Calotype and Talbotype processes were the outcome) of his father William Henry Fox Talbot are very inadequately represented in the Photographic Section of the US National Museum, and Charles feels he ought to be able to provide a better representation and will endeavour to do so.
3. Sep 1879 Receipted bill from the Royal Hotel, Weston-super-Mare.
4. 1910 Notes on the history of the bells in Lacock Church.
5. 13 Apr 1891 Letter from William Gilchrist-Clark with historical information on Eleanor Sharington and an edition of Holbein's drawings. Talks of the lack of notice of Henry Sharington's burial.
6. 15 Jul 1912 Copy letter from Charles Henry Talbot to J J Brigg talking about how Lacock was spelt and that it was never written as Laycock in ancient times but it was always pronounced as if it were so written. He goes on to give historical information to back up what he's saying.
7. 1911 Newspaper cuttings and archaeological cuttings including about the original deed of Wimarca, Prioress of Lacock and the convent; the original deed of Richard II addressed to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; articles from the Wiltshire Gazette and the Western Daily Press including on the refusal to provide further facilities at Lacock Halt for dealing with passengers and goods; the pollution of rivers in Wiltshire; a meeting of the Mathematical Association; interesting fragments of geometrical treatises recently found in Worcester Cathedral Library; the fat stock market at Cheltenham and the possibility of having one at Chippenham; two people nearly knocked down and killed at Box and that in the event of the Automobile Association not erecting notices near the Box schools an appeal should be made to the County Council to do so; rural housing and the move to the country by city dwellers; information about Lacock and a road widening scheme; a meeting of the Sanitary Committee and some unpleasantness which had taken place with regard to Mr Balchin, the Sanitary Inspector.
8. 30 May 1910 Note by Charles Henry Talbot about a lamp post in a dangerous position which had been there long before there were cars but now there are more cars there is more change of a serious accident.
9. Various notes on history and various families of interest to Charles Henry Talbot. |