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The Downside Abbey
archives constitute one of the largest collections
of research material in the South West of England.
The collection contains the centralised papers
of the English Benedictine Collection as well
as a substantial collection of material from
Downside’s daughter college at Ealing, London.
Other collections include:
• The papers of the
Barons of Petre.
• A large collection of letters and architectural
drawings ranging from Sir Ninian Comper, Pugin,
Dunn and Hansom and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
• Papers of the First Baron Acton – the celebrated
historian.
• Augustine Baker: Benedictine mystic and ecclesiastical
historian.
• Edmund Bishop: liturgical scholar and historian.
• Bishop Christopher Butler: auxiliary bishop
of Westminster.
• The Abbot’s and Prior’s of Downside.
• The Camm MSS.
• The papers of Cardinal Aidan Gasquet: Vatican
Librarian and Prior of Downside.
• Ethelbert Horne: Benedictine monk and archaeologist.
• Bishop William Ullathorne: Bishop of Birmingham
and monk of Downside.
• Archbishop Bede Vaughan: Archbishop of Sydney.
• MSS of the Vicars Apostolic of the Western
Vicariate.
• The Wilberforce MSS.
• The Catholic Record Society Archive.
Further details
of selected collections can be found from the
National Register of Archives by clicking here.
Scholars
are welcome to use the Archives and should write
to the Archivist, Dom Aidan Bellenger:
The Archivist,
Downside Abbey,
Stratton on the Fosse,
BATH,
BA3 4RH
Tel 01761
235313
Email histresearch@downside.co.uk
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