Reference
BC507-516
Title
Deposit from Public Library 9 July 1959 concerning Thomas Orlebar Marsh and Henry Humphrey Goodhall
Date free text
1749 - 1835
Production date
From: 1749 To: 1835
Scope and Content
Thomas Orlebar Marsh, 1749-1831, was vicar of Stevington, 1776-1831, but lived at Felmersham, (Felmersham House). He collected material for a proposed "Natural History of Bedfordshire", sending out printed queries both in 1794 and 1798. Henry Humphrey Goodhall, d. 1835, was from 1783 till his death in the service of the East India Company, and from 1822 tea-warehouse-keeper. He was born at Bromham, and according to the Gentleman's Magazine "made considerable manuscript collections respecting the history and topography of Bedfordshire." He contributed articles to Collectanea Topographica. The two men were in correspondence
Level of description
sub-fonds