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PRONI Landed Estates Records

description

Over 3 million items comprising the private papers of prominent families, including title deeds, estate maps, surveys, plans, photographs, newspaper cuttings and architectural drawings. Manuscript, printed and microfilm material. Personal names catalogue and Guide to Landed Estates Records are available in the Search Room.

subject terms

architects ; architecture ; architectural drawings ; estates ; demesnes ; country houses ; maps ; surveys ; leases

name

Incl most major NI architects eg Charles Lanyon, WH Lynn, Thomas Jackson

place

Ireland

content date

11th c -

accumulation date

1925 -

language

English

type of material

All secured in PRONI storage boxes, accessed directly only by staff. Archive, Text, Image

accrual status

Open, periodic, active

strengths

Vast, unique archive of primary source material. Essential resource for serious reseachers.

SUPER COLLECTION

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Archives

OWNER

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

POSTAL ADDRESS

2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ

URL

Click here for Live link

ACCESS CONDITIONS

Open for public consultation in our Reading Room to registered PRONI users (registration is free but a photographic ID is required for registration purposes). Archives are stored in secure accommodation, closed to public. Open Mon-Wed, and Fri 9.00am-4.45pm, and Thurs 10:00am-8.45pm. Search for catalogue descriptions on our eCatalogue (https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/search-ecatalogue).

ADMINISTRATOR

Lorraine Bourke, Private Records, PRONI; 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ. Phone: 028 9053 4931; Email address: lorraine.bourke@dcalni.gov.uk