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# Collection of local history documents to be sold at auction in Lichfield
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/collection-of-local-history-documents-to-be-sold-at-auction-in-lichfield/
- Published: 2025-09-07T06:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T07:55:25.000Z
- Description: A collection of local history documents are being sold at auction in Lichfield.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Heritage, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:45, News

A COLLECTION of local history documents are being sold at auction in Lichfield.

The items include hand-written letters by Gilbert Walmisley, a friend of Samuel Johnson, David Garrick and Anna Seward.

They will be sold by Rare Book Auctions on 10th September.

A spokesperson said:

> “Also in the sale are hand-written documents relating to the building of the railway line into Lichfield – from monitoring the volume of horse-drawn coach traffic in the city in 1835, to civil engineer drawings of the tracks and stations.  
>  
> “Also, manuscript documents from the 1400s to 1600s will be sold relating to Swinfen, Croxall, and Cannock Chase.”

For more details of the items in the collection can be found [online](https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/hansons/catalogue-id-hanson10868?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).