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Contributor Name | Doreen Featherstone |
Contributor Image | No_00092_Doreen_Featherstone.jpg |
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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 |
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Artefact Image | Holy_Bible_00092.jpg |
Sample Taken | Paper from inside and leather from the cover |
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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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Bible_00092.jpg | manage | 35.1 K |
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Holy_Bible_00092.jpg | manage | 46.4 K |
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No_00092_Doreen_Featherstone.jpg | manage | 35.4 K |
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Resize_Wizard-1_00092.jpg | manage | 220.1 K |