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    Yes I'd hope that whoever I can get to work with me on this would know enough about it to do everything right. If I'm unsure, obviously I won't let them handle the books. I think it will be good to approach the Universities in Liverpool about it like you suggested.
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    Hi Sousa, Thanks for the welcome and the advice. As for the book, my house is beneath a hill upon which stands the ruin of an 11th century castle. Many of the houses in the area are what once made up a village at the base of the first "step" of the hill. My own house is around 400 years old and built mainly of sandstone. At some point in the 1800's a large church was built atop the hill, about 100 yards from the castle walls due to the original chapel falling into disrepair and with it a building whose original purpose I am not sure of but is now used as a library. Both these buildings are still standing and presently in use by the Church of England, as is the original vicarage dated 1739. The castle itself was besieged twice in the Civil War and its structure deteriorated. In the 18th century a new courthouse was built on the site of the old gatehouse and that is where the court records would have been written. My dad is a friend of the vicar at the church and they found this New Testament in the library building and effectively rescued it. As I said earlier, with it were a large number of court records. All these books have their original leather and rope bindings apart from the New Testament which has a note inside the cover on a scrap of paper stating that the book has been rebound at some point. Unfortunately the lead of the roof on this library has been stolen several times, apparently by travellers looking to weigh it in, so one of the walls was filled with water and lead to massive amounts of damp. The roof itself also leaked because of this and many of the books inside have been irreparably damaged. With this in mind, the church has deemed it appropriate to allow the books to pass to whoever might take an interest in restoring them. They have been in touch with law societies and the like but noone seems to want them despite the fact they were written in the court, at the castle itself, thus making them very possibly completey unique as they will only be about cases heard at that courtroom. They may, in fact, be some of the only remaining records of cases heard there. I believe the New Testament may have belonged to the original chapel at some point. So anyway, the history here is amazing and if possible I'd like to help in preserving a little of it with these books. Luke.
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    Hi, My name is Luke and I'm 31. I am originally from Liverpool in the UK and now live in the Borough of Halton, just across the river Mersey. I'm a window film fitter and sign writer by trade having been involved in our family business since I left school 13 years ago. I have an immediate question about where to post something. I have in my possession, a New Testament from 1589 and I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations about places or forums giving advice on safekeeping for such an old book. There are also an uncounted number of Court Records in the form of books, all of a similar age potentially available to me. Many are water damaged and whilst some are apparently able to be saved, the cost of putting them right will be in the region of £500 per book. The place they are kept at the moment cannot afford this and I may be able to take them and pay for that work myself over a longer period of time. I wasn't sure where to write my post about this. Thanks in advance for any help. Luke.
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