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Flintshire Record Office
Roskell of Stokyn MSS
Reference code(s): GB 0208 D/DM/299
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Title: Roskell of Stokyn MSS
Short title: Roskell, George, of Stokyn, papers
Dates of creation: 1720-1900
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 42 items
Name of creator(s): George Roskell (1777-1847) of Stokyn, Flintshire
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: George Roskell (1777-1847) of Garstang, Lancashire, came to Flintshire as a shareholder in the Milwr Mine, and later became the senior partner in the Flint Smelting Works. In 1805, he married Mary Ann, only child of James Potts of Stokyn, near Holywell. His eldest son, George Potts Roskell succeeded to the Stokyn estate. The Perrin family who appear in a number of these deeds had owned the Flint Smelting Works in the 18th century.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Deeds relating to coal and lead mines and other properties owned by George Roskell, James Potts, Benjamin Perrin and others in Flint, Holywell, and elsewhere in Flintshire, 1720-1900, and to cotton mills in Lancashire, 1802, and London, 1791; and copy will of Benjamin Perrin, 1727.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: Flint; Holywell; Llanasa; Whitford; Flint and Holywell; Chipping, Lancashire; and miscellaneous.
Conditions governing access: Data Protection Act restrictions will apply to any items less than 100 years old that contain sensitive personal information as defined by the Act.
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply
Finding aids: A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Flintshire Record Office.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Archival history: The archive remained in the Roskell family, and some material was added.
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by Alderman H. M. Allen, Liverpool, per Liverpool Record Office, 1971.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds. The archive includes earlier material accumulated by George Roskell, and later material added by his descendants.
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Roskell of Stokyn MSS; Veysey, A. G. (ed.), Guide to the Flintshire Record Office (Denbigh, 1974).
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH
Date(s) of description: January 2004
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Coal mines and mining | Wales | Flintshire
Lead mines and mining | Wales | Flintshire
Personal names
Roskell, George, 1777-1847, of Stokyn (Holywell)
