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Downside Abbey Archives and Library
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Downside Abbey
Stratton on the Fosse
Radstock
Bath
England
BA3 4RH
Telephone: 01761 235 323
Email: heritage@downside.co.uk
Open: By appointment
Closed: Christmastide, Eastertide
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- Wheelchair access
- Research Service
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ARCHON code: 1151
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Organisations (4)
- Chester Benedictine Abbey Chester, Cheshire
- Ealing Abbey (Benedictine) Ealing, Middlesex
- English Benedictine Congregation: Downside Abbey Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset
- St Gregory's Abbey, Downside (Benedictine) Bath, Somerset
Persons (37)
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, (1834-1902), 1st Baron Acton, historian
- Baigent, Francis Joseph, (1830-1918), antiquary
- Baker, David Augustine, (1575-1641), Benedictine mystic and ecclesiastical historian
- Birdsall, John Augustine, (1775-1837), Benedictine Monk
- Birt, Henry Norbert, (1861-1914), Benedictine monk, historian
- Bishop, Edmund, (1846-1917), Liturgical Scholar Historian
- Bruning, Francis, (d 1747), Benedictine Monk
- Butler, Basil Christopher, (1902-1986), Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
- Butler, Cuthbert Edward Joseph Aloysius, (1858-1934), Abbot of Downside, historian and theologian
- Camm, Bede, (1864-1942), Benedictine Master of Benet House and historian
- Chapman, John, (1865-1933), 4th Abbot of Downside New Testament Scholar
- Connolly, Hugh, (d 1948), Benedictine Monk Biblical Scholar
- Constable, Augustine, (d 1712), Benedictine Monk
- Davis, Oswald, (d 1880), Sub Prior of St Gregory's Downside
- Dolan, John Gilbert, (1853-1919), Benedictine monk and historian
- Ford, Edmund Hugh Francis, (1851-1930), Abbot of Downside, historian and theologian
- Fowler, John Clement, (c1851-1929), Prior of Downside
- Gasquet, Francis Neil Aidan, (1846-1929), Cardinal
- Greenwood, Gregory, (d 1744), Benedictine Monk
- Horne, Percy Ethelbert, (1858-1952), Benedictine monk, archaeologist
- Hudleston, Roger, (d 1936), Benedictine Monk Editor
- Kuypers, Arthur Benedict, (d 1935), Benedictine Monk Editor of the Book of Cerne
- Lorymer, Anselm, (d 1832), Benedictine Monk
- Mathew, David, (1902-1975), Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, historian
- Morrall, John Alphonsus, (1825-1911), Prior of Downside Antiquary and Genealogist
- Morris, Placid, (d 1872), Roman Catholic Bishop of Mauritius
- Murray, Anthony Gregory, (1905-1992), Dom, Ecclesiastical Musician
- Petre, William Joseph, (1847-1893), 13th Baron Petre
- Ramsay, Henry Havelock Leander, (1863-1929), Abbot of Downside
- Rawlinson, Bernard Stephen, (1865-1953), Benedictine Monk Roman Catholic Military Chaplain
- Robinson, Joseph Armitage, (1858-1933), Dean of Westminster
- Rogers, David McGregor, (1917-1995), Librarian and Bibliographer
- Simpson, Richard, (1820-1876), Roman Catholic writer and Shakespearean scholar
- Ullathorne, William Bernard, (1806-1889), Bishop of Birmingham
- Vaughan, Roger Bede, (1834-1883), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
- Walmesley, Charles, (1722-1797), Vicar Apostolic, Western district, mathematician
- Weldon, Ralph Benet, (1674-1713), Benedictine Monk Historian
Families (1)
- Petre family, Barons Petre Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Axminster, Devon;Shute, Devon;South Brent, Devon;Asheldham, Essex;Ingatestone, Essex;Thorndon, Essex;Todenham, Gloucestershire;Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire;Charlton Adam, Somerset;Tintinhull, Somerset;Chertsey, Surrey;Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire;Bickley, Yorkshire;Deepdale, Yorkshire;Hillam, Yorkshire;Roxby, Yorkshire;Selby Abbey, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 19936 English Benedictine Congregation archives link to scanned list