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Eden's Charity

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Four bundles of papers, letters, deeds, legal cases etc., 1809-1876, relating to the administration of the Charity established in 1773 by Thomas Eden, Weston-sub-Edge, for the maintenance of Dames Schools in Weston, Pebworth, Newbold, Stratford-upon-Avon and others; to be paid for by the income from a farm at Mangotsfield, near Bristol, co.Glos. Including case brought in 1838 v. the then Trustees, for non-administration.

Related material

See Warwickshire Charities, vol. II, p.564.