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Yorkshire (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Abattoir, Middlesborough, [England], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3222
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the interior of an abattoir in Middlesborough, [England] in the early 20th century showing sheep and pig carcasses hanging in rows from hooks and Longhorn cattle carcasses lying on the ground beneath them.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Cleveland Bay Stallion, "Fidius Dius", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2105
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Cleveland Bay stallion, "Fidius Dius" (Foale 1 1871) standing next to a brick building in the early 20th century. This stallion is 'an excellent type of Chapman horse and was owned by H Y Webster of Northallerton.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

John Booth's "Birthday" at Four Years Old and the Booth Cow "Vivandiere" at Five Years, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/725
Scope and Contents

Two illustrations of John Booth's cow "Birthday" at four years old and the Booth cow "Vivandiere" at five years old bred by John Outhwaite, Bainesse, Yorkshire, England in the 18th or 19th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884

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Identifier: Coll-74/7/1
Scope and Contents

Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.

Dates: 1884

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Tempest Anderson, 02 August 1896

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/17
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Tempest Anderson concerning the supply of photographs for Geikie's forthcoming book on British volcanoes. Anderson lists a selection of locations which he can supply photographs for and asks Geikie to confirm if he requires any soon as he is going to Switzerland.

Dates: 02 August 1896

Letters from Phillips, John to Charles Lyell, 1836 - 25 January 1864

 File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/207
Scope and Contents Letters are summarised by Lyell, noting original numbering given in brackets () and with some additional commentary provided where possible, linking Lyell's letters to Philips, now held at Oxford University Museum of Natural History. J. Phillips on fossil shells. 1836. Part for C. Stokes. (2). Reply to a letter from Lyell to Phillips (Oxford University Museum of Natural History, John Phillips...
Dates: 1836 - 25 January 1864

Notebook No.256, 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/256
Scope and Contents This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 April 1869 to 10 September 1869. Lyell starts in England and travels through Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with special attention to the Lake District. He then travels to Scotland, and from Edinburgh through Perthshire and the Highlands. Transcription note: This notebook was written by Charles, Mary and Arabella Buckley. The index is written entirely by...
Dates: 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869

Penistone Ewes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2380
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Penistone ewes in a sheep pen standing next to a stone wall in the snow in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Penistone Ram, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2376
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Penistone ram standing in a sheep pen in the snow in the early 20th century. It was the property of J. Turner of Boardhill near Penistone, England.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Penistone Ram's Head, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2379
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Penistone ram's head.

Dates: 1870s-1930s