Record

Document Reference	Os C 22
Title	Letter from Rev. C. Drury, Pontesbury, Shropshire, to J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire; 6 Nov. 1825
Date	6 November 1825
Extent	5 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to death of [John] Oglander creating opportunity for Edward and George Denison [at Oxford University]; discusses his daily duties as rector; comments in detail on architecture and rebuilding of Ossington Hall; expresses opinions on Catholics who he wishes 'to remain un-emancipated for three more centuries'; describes poverty and social conditions in local area; refers to Denison's development of housing in Sutton, Nottinghamshire; expresses views on charity and infant schools; expresses attitudes towards condition of the poor and contrasts labourers in Ossington with those in Pontesbury; discusses effects of industrial revolution.
Term	housing, development
	religious affairs, Roman Catholic emancipation
	horticulture
	architecture, Ossington Hall
	poverty, attitudes towards
	schools, charity
	social conditions, England
	appointments, clerical

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA8625	Denison; Edward (1801-1854); Bishop of Salisbury; brother of J.E. Denison	1801-1854
NA9456	Oglander; John (-1825); Mr; sub-warden of Merton College Oxford	-1825
NA1017	Denison; George A. (1805-1896); Rev.; archdeacon of Taunton 1851 brother of J.E. Denison	1805-1896
NA9017	Drury; Charles (-1869); Rev.; tutor of J.E. Denison; Rector of Pontesbury 1824	-1869
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873