Letter sent by Anna Jarrett to her brother, Thomas Wathen Waller, just after the birth of her first child (pages 1 & 4)
A letter sent by Anna Jarrett to her brother Thomas, a diplomat with the British Legation in Brussels. Anna has just become a mother for the first time, after fourteen years of marriage, and is writing ...
Letter to Alice Helps p.1 and 4
Lewes died in 1878 and Eliot married John Cross in May 1880. This letter was written just a few days after their arrival home to the Heights, Witley on 26th July from their honeymoon abroad.
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The ...
Letter to Mary Sibree p.1
In this letter Mary Ann is deeply upset by her father's illness and her hopelessness in being unable to help him. He died less than a year later on 31st May 1849.
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33 Marina
St. Leonard's
June ...
Letter to Miss Wedgewood, p.1
This letter is edged in black as Eliot is still in mourning for the death of her beloved stepson Thornton Lewes who died of cancer on 19/10/1869. The letter is to rearrange an engagement.
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Letter to Mr Alfred E Bower
A handwritten letter, dating from 13th July 1897. It is from The Manager of The London and Midland Bank in Leamington Spa to Mr Alfred E Bower regarding the death of Julia Davies.
Letter to Mrs Cash p.1
A letter to Mary thanking her for informing her of her father Reverend John Sibree's death.
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The Priory,
21, North Bank
Regents Park.
April 10. 77
My dear Mrs. Cash
I thank ...
Letter to Mrs John Cash, p.1 and 4
Mary Ann is now living with George Henry Lewes and signs this letter M.E.Lewes. She met Lewes first in 1851 but didn't start her affair with him until 1853. They lived together from 1855 until his death ...
Letter written by Anna Jarrett to her brother Thomas, after recovering from childbirth and illness (pages 1 and 4)
A letter written by Anna Eliza Jarrett to her brother, Thomas Wathen Waller, following childbirth and serious illness. Using their childhood names, she writes to 'Pothy' and signs herself 'Kittie'.
She ...
Lillington. Funeral of Mr J.F. Rollason
Large gathering of people outside St Mary's Church, Lillington for the funeral of Mr J.F. Rollason. February 27th 1907
Lillington. Funeral of Mr J.F. Rollason
Funeral procession of Mr. John Francis Rollason, 1887-1907, a well known Leamington jockey, buried in Lillington. He was drowned in the sinking of the "Berlin" off the Hook of Holland with his father, ...
London and Midland Bank Receipt
A handwritten receipt from the London and Midland Bank, dated 11th September 1897. It acknowledges the payment of £159 from the executors of Mrs Hamilton-Davies' will. There is a stamp in purple ink beneath ...
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Marriage Certificate
A marriage certificate from Leamington Spa, dated 13th June 1908. It certifies the marriage of Harry Lock to Annie Wright.
Marriage of John Hall and Susanna Shakespeare, 5 June 1607
Part of a page of the marriage register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the marriage of John Hall and Susanna Shakespeare.
Susanna, Shakespeare's elder daughter, was twenty-four ...
Marriage of Thomas Quiney and Judith Shakespeare, 10 February 1616
Part of a page of the marriage register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the marriage of Thomas Quiney and Shakespeare's daughter, Judith.
Judith, Shakespeare's daughter, was ...
Mourning Card
Mourning envelope card giving notice of the death of Mary Jane Coles on 25 August 1869.
Nails - Roman
A selection of hundreds of nails found on Roman sites. They vary in size from the large one which is 160mm to the smallest which is 30mm.
The two with flattened heads are probably from a coffin