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Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson
Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991
Photograph of four soldiers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914
Photograph of workmen at The Bowes Museum
The Whitby Cartulary
Lanchester Diploma
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Photograph of Birtley Belgians
Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle
‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’
Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255
John Crossley and Sons Limited, carpet manufacturers of Dean Clough, Halifax, Centenary Illustration, 1903
Cellar book for His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Registration card for the Municipal School of Art, Manchester, issued to L. S. Lowry
Diary & Terrier of Brotherton Parish, 1778 - 1996
Laws and Objects of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
Co-operative Wholesale Society, A Colossus of Commerce
Author's proof copy of Love on the Dole
First Minute Book, Northern Architectural Association
Huddersfield Female Educational Institute Advertisement
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction
Lady Anne Clifford’s Great Books of Record
Architectural plan of the Bank of England, Newcastle branch
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
Symeon of Durham On the origins and progress of the church of Durham
Photograph of Pit Brow Women leaving screen room at Gibfield Colliery, Atherton, 22 August 1918.
Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821
North West Lesbian and Gay Equality Campaign Programme, 20 Feb 1988
Baptism of Capability Brown
Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850
Charter of Edward II, 12 May 1316
Pre-Gestee advert c1940, fore runner of PG Tips
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
NEWCASTLE BRANCH: RECORD OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AND NOTES FROM PRIVATE LETTERS, 1828-1832
The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Tony Harrison’s notebook for the poem ‘v.’
University of Durham 1837 Charter
George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
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
Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.
Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)
“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester
Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
Ferry boats
‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'
Alexandra Park
Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993
Articles of partnership between John Brunner and Ludwig Mond, 28 February 1873
Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes Admission Form
Port Sunlight Works and Village c1914
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828
Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle
Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge
Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966
Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31
Colne Valley Division Labour Union Minute Book 1891-1900
The Peterloo Massacre, Manchester
Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery
Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
Watersheddings
Everton FC Home Programme
‘Wash your hands now – as mummy does!’ c1960 leaflet
George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
Chartist movement poster, Carlisle, 1839
Survey and Valuation of Selby Abbey lands surrendered at the Dissolution
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
Photograph of Marks & Spencer store, Leeds 1909
Durham and the North East Coast – Report of the Labour Party’s Commission of Enquiry into the Distressed Areas
Letters patent: Charter of incorporation 20 January 1345
Sketch of wall hanging from the Art Treasures Manchester exhibition,
Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch
