- Wikidata identifier:
- Q29159268
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 853
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q29159268/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Personalia Collection
The museum has items relating to William Cookworthy, the founder of English porcelain, who was born in Kingsbridge. He was an apothecary with a shop in Plymouth.
Subjects
Personalia
Photographic Collection
There is a large collection of photographs illustrating the history, topography and people of Kingsbridge and its locality.
Subjects
Photographic equipment
Archives Collection
The collection includes trade directories for Kingsbridge Rural District for 1859, 1866, 1875, 1889, 1910, 1914 and 1926. The Kingsbridge Gazette is available from 1958 on microfiche; there are photographic copies of tithe maps and apportionments 1839-40; and there are the Courtenay Estate maps of 1777. There are registers for all Kingsbridge junior schools for 1894-97, 1900-01. The Old Grammar School registers for 1899 -1901 survive. In addition there are local trade account books and invoices, letters and magazines.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC