Is there anyone who knows if the Marquis of Bath has records of people who were employed by him in possibly the flax/linen industry around 1860 in the Carrickmacross area and are available to search on line? Many thanks. Johanna

Johanna I'm not sure I've seen a response. My understanding is that the Marquis of Bath retains his English estate records at Longlet, where they survive. Certainly, information on his Somerset and Wiltshire estate is there. It is not available for the public to search, as it is private estate papers. I believe there is an archivist, who may be able to search the records on others behalf, but this is not quick and there may be a fee. This includes information of leases and rents for the English property. There would be nothing on line. What I don't know is whether the Marquis of Bath's estate records would record much information on his ancestor's Irish estate, and anything as detailed as the names of employees on his land in Ireland. I seem to recall that most absentee landlords, such as the Marquis of Bath, appointed an agent to manage their Irish estates, and I'd suspect the detailed records would have been held and created by the agent, with only his ledgers of rents, etc and accounts of income and expenditure likely to make their way to England. Oddly, enough both my parents, despite one being Irish and the other English, have ancestors who were tenants of the Marquis of Bath (or Viscount Weymouth in earlier generations). My father's near Carrickmacross and my mother's near Frome, Somerset. Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johann Willis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:57 AM Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] RECORDS - Marquis of Bath Is there anyone who knows if the Marquis of Bath has records of people who were employed by him in possibly the flax/linen industry around 1860 in the Carrickmacross area and are available to search on line? Many thanks. Johanna

At 04:32 AM 10/19/2008, "Ellen Duffy" <[email protected]> wrote: >Johanna > >I'm not sure I've seen a response. My understanding is that the Marquis of >Bath retains his English estate records at Longlet, "the Bath papers were microfilmed some years ago by Rev. Lorcan Marron and it is said that he donated the film to the County Library in Clones, Co. monaghan " I will email you all the info I have found on Bath.........