Robert Smith and Redcliffe Towers Case Study: Bibliography

Bibliography

Abbreviations

BL: British Library, London

DEV: Devon Record Office

EH: English Heritage

NA: National Archives, London

NIA: Archives départementales des Alpes Maritimes, Nice, France

 

Manuscript and Archival Sources

British Library

BL IOR/MIL/9/112: 1802-1803, Cadet papers for Robert Smith.

BL IOR/Z/E.4/43/S464, Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith, Bombay Infantry created C.B.

BL Prints and Drawings F864, Smith, Robert, Barrackpore House.

Exeter, Devon Record Office

DEV: Bideford Parish Register.

DEV: Paignton rate books.

London, National Archives:

NA BT 356/10656: Redcliffe, Torbay, Devon, Construction of Seawall by Lieutenant Colonel R. Smith, 1854.

London, Principal Probate Registry (Holborn):

England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1966, for Rober [sic] Smith.

Will of Proby Thomas Cautley, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, March 1871.  Principal Probate Registry, Holborn, London (previously Somerset House).

Nice, Archives départementales des Alpes Maritimes, Nice, France

NIA ADAM 1Z273, Registre des demandes des visas.

Swindon, National Heritage Archive (Listings):

Redcliffe Hotel, Grade II, No.1195234.

 

Primary Sources

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