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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association
Mortality Map of Cholera in 1866
‘A Kestrel for a Knave’ by Barry Hines - first page
Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850
Yorkshire County Cricket Team Photograph, 1956
Port Sunlight Works and Village c1914
Leeds City Varieties Poster advertising Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime, 1976
Pre-Gestee advert c1940, fore runner of PG Tips
Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes Admission Form
Photograph of Ward C1, 1st Northern General Hospital
‘Wash your hands now – as mummy does!’ c1960 leaflet
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Photograph of four soldiers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914
Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828
George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.
Photograph of Richard Shufflebottom’s Wild West show taken at Hull Fair, circa 1930
Diary & Terrier of Brotherton Parish, 1778 - 1996
‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle
Photograph of Marks & Spencer store, Leeds 1909
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Articles of partnership between John Brunner and Ludwig Mond, 28 February 1873
Everton FC Home Programme
Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction
Lanchester Diploma
The Whitby Cartulary
Colne Valley Division Labour Union Minute Book 1891-1900
Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993
Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
Tony Harrison’s notebook for the poem ‘v.’
Chartist movement poster, Carlisle, 1839
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
First Minute Book, Northern Architectural Association
Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966
RMS Eskimo in a Norwegian fjord
Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)
Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge
Author's proof copy of Love on the Dole
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.
Laws and Objects of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
Huddersfield Female Educational Institute Advertisement
Simon Temple's plan of Jarrow and the River Tyne
The Peterloo Massacre, Manchester
Architectural plan of the Bank of England, Newcastle branch
Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
Domesday Book
Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
Lord Mayor's correspondence from York servicemen, January-April 1915
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
The Commission for the Execution of the 7th Earl of Northumberland
Co-operative Wholesale Society, A Colossus of Commerce
Watersheddings
Letters patent: Charter of incorporation 20 January 1345
Baptism of Capability Brown
Photograph of Birtley Belgians
Photograph of workmen at The Bowes Museum
John Crossley and Sons Limited, carpet manufacturers of Dean Clough, Halifax, Centenary Illustration, 1903
‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
Survey and Valuation of Selby Abbey lands surrendered at the Dissolution
“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester
North West Lesbian and Gay Equality Campaign Programme, 20 Feb 1988
The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
Ferry boats
Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery
NEWCASTLE BRANCH: RECORD OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AND NOTES FROM PRIVATE LETTERS, 1828-1832
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
Charter of Edward II, 12 May 1316
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
Photograph of Pit Brow Women leaving screen room at Gibfield Colliery, Atherton, 22 August 1918.
George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Sketch of wall hanging from the Art Treasures Manchester exhibition,
Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255
Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31
Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991
York Corporation House Book, 1480-1486
High level Bridge, Newcastle
University of Durham 1837 Charter
Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester
Conveyance of the Ramsden (Huddersfield) Estates from Sir John Frecheville Ramsden to the Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Huddersfield (Huddersfield Corporation) with full plans, 29 Sep 1920
Photograph of Martin Luther King and students at coffee morning (University Archives, NUA/05289)
Cellar book for His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits
Durham and the North East Coast – Report of the Labour Party’s Commission of Enquiry into the Distressed Areas
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle
Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson
Lady Anne Clifford’s Great Books of Record
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Symeon of Durham On the origins and progress of the church of Durham
Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside
Alexandra Park
Registration card for the Municipal School of Art, Manchester, issued to L. S. Lowry
