| Description | A volume of extracts from registers of Kentish churches, together with miscellaneous information, anecdotes relating to the Kentish countryside, and rough sketches of churches. A note at the beginning of the volume describes it as 'Collections made by [ ] Blackley and given to me [Edward Scudamore] at Selling about the year 1828'. The note is signed by Edward Scudamore MD, of St George's Place, Canterbury, and dated 1843. He adds a further note that the book is to be given to the library of Canterbury Cathedral for the use of those that frequent that room 'and not to be locked up or placed out of sight'. Dr Scudamore's wishes have been complied with for about a century, but it is now (1950) thought that since the book contains some very valuable information, not to be found elsewhere, that it must henceforth be locked up and be kept as a consequence, out of sight. |