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THE FIGHT FOR THE LINE: HUDDERSFIELD, THE RAMSDENS, AND THE HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, 1843-1849
1989
Unpublished dissertation by G Wright
KILLINGHALL TOWNSHIP BOOK 1839-1870
1839-1870
Contains poor rate valuations 1839, and 1843-1863 and vestry minutes 1862-1870
LETTERS OF CLAPHAM FAMILY
1801-1869
Comprising letters of George Clapham 1801-1824 and John Clapham 1843-1869. Also a copy of Birstall tithe map, 1848, with part of schedule extracted by Barbara Clapham 1995. Also trancripts of the lett...
John Wilson correspondence
Wilson, John (1785-1854)
1809-1852
Comprises:- (1) Correspondence between John Wilson ('Christopher North') and the Rev. John Fleming, with letters to John Wilson from various correspondents, including Robert Morehead, George Jardine, ...
Encyclopaedias
Multilingual collection, mainly spanning the years 1750-1950. It consists of some two dozen titles, all but a few of which contain many volumes. The largest is the mighty Encyclopédie méthodique (th...
Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)
1818-1848
(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...
Rev. William and Elizabeth Pierce Commonplace Book
Pierce, Mrs Elizabeth (c1862)
c1840 - 1880
Scrapbook or commonplace book compiled by the Rev. William Matthews Pierce and his wife Elizabeth (nee Rockcliffe). Later owned by the Rev. Walter Currer Holliwell. William Pierce was appointed Perpet...
Medical Manuscripts Collection
1756-1955
This artificial collection groups together some individual manuscripts relating medical practice and education. The general content of the collection includes lecture notes, case notes and papers, man...
Marshall and Company, Business Archive
1788-1886
The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...
James Dalton, correspondence
Dalton, James
c.1795-1824
Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...
BRASS RUBBINGS
1843
Brass rubbing of tomb of Oswald Dykes, rector of Wensley, d. 5 Dec 1607, in Wensley Church with rubbings from Christ Church, Oxford, and churches of Girton, Little Shelford and Trumpington near Cambri...