Artwork : ArchiveNo00092

Holy Bible 1824

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Doreen Featherstone
Contributor Image	No_00092_Doreen_Featherstone.jpg
Profession
Location	Southsea
Collection Date	22.02.08 10.54am
Artefact Name	Holy Bible
Artefact Description	Leather-bound Bible, printed at Clarendon Press, British and Foreign Bible Society in 1824. Good condition – although spine is loose.
Artefact Date	1824
Artefact Stored	In drawer in hallway
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Holy_Bible_00092.jpg
Sample Taken	Paper from inside and leather from the cover
Sample Image
History of Artefact	On the inside, front page, it has family births and deaths written since 1830. Last entry in 1926 on the back page - ‘Remembrance of her mother and grandmother October 1926.’ 'King James translation. British and Foreign Bible Society published Bibles and other religious books. Most families would have one – they don’t often survive.' Historian
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Grandparents and mother
Special Memories	‘I remember my grandma reading it every Sunday.’ ‘It makes me feel proud – they were a lovely family, there were eleven children including my mother.’
Artwork Image	Resize_Wizard-1_00092.jpg

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