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1. 

   — 17th March 2022

   The Dilapidated College, Manchester

   One of Humphrey Chetham’s first considerations when making the bequest of a library and school for poor boys upon his death was to find a suitable building in which to...

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2. 

   — 24th February 2022

   The Great Miss Lydia Becker: Suffragist, Scientist and Trailblazer

   We were delighted this week to receive a copy of a new book on a Manchester heroine by Joanna M Williams, The Great Miss Lydia Becker. This fascinating piece sheds...

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3. 

   — 27th January 2022

   Cambrics Scrapbook and Catalogue Update

   We are pleased to announce that we have added a new selection of digitised images to our online catalogue. These are from our ‘Cambrics’ scrapbook, which is one of the...

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4. 

   — 13th January 2022

   Charles Henry Heathcote: Designing Victorian and Edwardian Manchester

   In the first blog of the new year, we explore the life and works of one of Manchester’s influential but lesser known architects, Charles Henry Heathcote. Heathcote was active in...

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5. 

   — 16th December 2021

   Thomas Whitaker

   Recently one of our readers was studying the works of Thomas Whitaker, an influential English clergyman, topographer, and antiquarian. As we have several works and the death mask of Whitaker...

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6. 

   — 3rd December 2021

   New History of Manchester Cathedral

   We’re delighted to be able to report the launch of the new history of Manchester Cathedral, dedicated to our late colleague and friend Michael Powell, Librarian of Chetham’s. The work...

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7. 

   — 29th October 2021

   Passing time …

   A change of pace for the Library blog this week with the story of the republication of a Manchester novel with a difference. Over to Pariah Press publisher, Jonny Walsh:...

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8. 

   — 16th September 2021

   General Wolfe’s Sword

   As we are preparing to change the objects we have on display, we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of these items from our collection. In...

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9. 

   — 11th August 2021

   Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia

   We thought we would share one of the treasures requested by our readers this week, the Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster. The Cosmographia, first published in 1544, was the earliest German-language...

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10. 

    — 13th July 2021

    Manor Court Rolls from the West Riding

    We are delighted to announce that the Library has acquired copies of a valuable contribution to local scholarship by Peter Hurst. Peter’s work edits and translates material from Latin to...

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