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1. John Byrom

   John Byrom, who died today, is perhaps the most famous Chetham’s Librarian that never was. He was offered the job in 1718 but declined to accept, although his friendship with...

   26th September 2013 • Read more

2. Jeremy Deller becomes our new Honorary Patron

   It has been a pleasure to work with Jeremy Deller and his team over the last few weeks, in preparation for his exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Fortunately, Jeremy has...

   25th September 2013 • Read more

3. Location, location, location…

   More filming in the Library today, this time for Jeremy Deller’s exhibition ‘All that is solid melts into air’ which opens at Manchester Art Gallery next month. Here, Jeremy and...

   20th September 2013 • Read more

4. RIP Humphrey Chetham

     Our founder Humphrey Chetham died on this day 360 years ago. Chetham wrote at least nine different wills during the last years of his life, each varying slightly from...

   20th September 2013 • Read more

5. Please raise your glasses!

   As part of the Laurence Sterne tercentenary, Shandy Hall are holding an evening talk by Professor Judith Hawley on eighteenth-century clubs and toasting. We would be happy to provide suggestions...

   19th September 2013 • Read more

6. Edward and Absolom Watkin: Hidden Heroes of Radical Manchester

   We are privileged to have received a unique donation of material relating to Sir Edward Watkin by his great-granddaughter, Miss Dorothea Worsley-Taylor. Watkin, one of the most extraordinary men of...

   11th September 2013 • Read more

7. Animal Magic

   It is always a pleasure to receive a catalogue from Sokol Books in the post and the latest edition LXIII is no exception. We are privileged to hold a number...

   11th September 2013 • Read more

8. New digitised material on the website!

   Our Digital Resources page is growing apace, and we have just uploaded two new pdfs to the website. The first is Sir Henry Knyvett’s manuscript ‘A breefe treatis or rather...

   5th September 2013 • Read more

9. Catriona meets Edward Watkin

     Before she left, our recent volunteer Catriona Graffius wrote a short piece for us about her experience of working with the Edward Watkin collection. Catriona writes: “Coming to Chetham’s...

   5th September 2013 • Read more

10. Turning on the waterworks

    On this day in 1890, Alderman Sir John James Harwood laid the foundation stone of the dam at Thirlmere, the first stage of the project to take water from the...

    22nd August 2013 • Read more