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 This book belonged to Florence Ward, who owned two nursing homes in Leamington Spa. The book gives details of purchases made on behalf of the Private Nursing Association from Ballinger's Machine Bakery of Warwick Street and Bath Street, Leamington Spa.
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Barcheston Parish Register showing burial entry for Richard Hyckes. He set up the looms at Barcheston under the patronage of Ralph Sheldon with the assistance of Peter the Dutchman.
'Richard Hyckes died the [last day] of October and was buried the seconde of November anno domini 1621. Aged 97 ...
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William Sheldon provided funds to set up a tapestry weaving workshop at Barcheston in South Warwickshire, under the management of Richard Hyckes, who held the title 'Queen's Arrasmaker'.
Some of the men working there may have come from Flanders, in what is now Holland and Belgium. The Barchest...
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 Births and deaths recorded in a Bible of Shakespeare's time.
Family notes recording the birth of a son to Edward Lumley in 1695, and the death of Mary, the wife of a later owner, Robert Mason, in 1780 occupy a blank page at the back of this Bible. The script reads: "September the 8 day ...
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An owner’s family notes in their Bible from Shakespeare's time.
This Bible has notes by a number of former owners whose signatures appear on the title-page. On the flyleaf a late Victorian owner has written about the edition of the 'Geneva' Bible text, beginning: "This is the Gene...
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This is a blotter that was owned by the author George Eliot. It is signed by Eliot and her husband John Cross. The names and addresses of her piano maker, solicitor and T.A. Trollope also appear.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton dist...
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Entry in the parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the burial of William Shakespeare's father, John, on 8 September 1601. His date of birth is not known, but he was probably about seventy. We do not know whether John was still living in Henley Street, or whether he ...
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A paperback book with a black cover, which lists the jobs and the costs for Burton-on-Trent gas works. The book also includes details relating to Leamington Spa and Warwick in the back. The book itself was originally purchased in April 1904.
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The entry for 21st February 1607/8 in the parish register of Holy Trinity Chuch, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Hall and Susanna, nee Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: DR 243/1
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This book belonged to Mary Ellen Entwhistle, a student teacher at Lillington School. When she was a student, Mary was expected to make detailed notes of the lessons she was to give. This exercise book contains the lesson plans for science lessons, including the aims, matter and methods of the dif...
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This book belonged to Mary Ellen Entwhistle, a student teacher at Lillington School. When she was a student, Mary was expected to make detailed notes of the lessons she was to give. This exercise book contains the lesson plans for needlework lessons. The page on the left has a pattern for a girl'...
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