Identity area
Reference code
Notcutt/A/A32
Unique identifier
GB 275 Notcutt/A/A32
Title
Autograph letter signed
Date(s)
- 1 Aug. 1885 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
8p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1865-1923)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Gives a description of a stay in a 'very large old fashioned house' near Norwich as part of a cricket trip. Includes description of the house (surrounded by an overgrown moat and garden), the occupants ('open and consistent in their pious ways') and the other members of his party, eight of the eleven players and two girls, 'both plain'. Also notes the food and travel arrangements and mentions the matches they have played.