John Urpeth Rastrick papers
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- Rastrick, John Urpeth (1780-1856) civil engineer
TitleJohn Urpeth Rastrick papers
Reference codeAL340
Date1800-1855
Scope and ContentThe collection comprises a miscellany of correspondence (including drafts of copies of outgoing letters), with notes, engineering drawings, etc. Many of the notes and calculations are written in Rastrick's private cipher. Major correspondents include the London shipping iron merchants Henckell & Du Buisson; the 2nd Earl of Powis; John (later Sir John) Gladstone [father of W E Gladstone]; the lawyer, estate manager and politician James Loch and [?his son] George Loch; and Rastrick's sons and employees. Topics covered include the canal and railway interests of Rastrick and the other correspondents, as well as the iron industry. Most of the letters were dispatched to or from London or the industrial areas of South Wales and the West Midlands.
Conditions governing accessOpen for research. At least 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.
Extentc565 items
System of ArrangementSee hard copy catalogue
Finding aidsT D Rogers, The Rastrick Papers, University of London Library (1968). A pdf version is attached to this description.
Related files
For further papers of Rastrick's, see: MS155, MS158, MS163, MS164, MS166, MS169, MS175, MS179, MS242 and MS325.
Additionally, The National Archives, Kew, holds a volume of drawings (1840-1846); Shropshire Records and Research Centre has a Bridgnorth Diary (1811) (Ref: accs 1981-1982); Glamorgan Record Office contains letters to Dowlais Iron Company (1820-1839) (Ref: D/DG).
Level of descriptionfonds
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