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Description: | Local significance
The museum has a huge archive of local material, including school and family papers. There are back numbers of Parish and Nonconformist magazines, maps of the town and surrounding area, and plans and estate agents' brochures of local properties. The library contains some important books dating from the 19th century. There is a nearly complete set of the Leicestershire Archaeological and History Society journal from the 1890s, and a large invaluable collection of 32 files on Staunton Harold Hall, church and village, collected by Mrs. Dorothy Watson from 1952 onwards. | Format: | books | Subjects: | Plans Transport Local history Social history Maps Industry | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 01530 414363 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6865 | Format: | books | Go to resource |
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