Catalogue

Letters to Michael Aislabie Denham (1801-1859) of Piercebridge, from naturalists, archaeologists, and historians in the north of England, concerning Denham's publications.

John Collingwood Bruce was born in Albion Place, now Leazes Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1805. He taught at his father's academy in Percy Street Academy and was proprietor of the academy between 1834 and 1863. He was an antiquarian, and produced several publications including Handbook to the Roman Wall in 1863. He died in 1892 and is buried in St. Nicholas' Cathedral, Newcastle.

J.O. Halliwell (21 June 1820 - 3 January 1889) was an English Shakespearian scholar, who published, inter alia, A Life of Shakespeare, 1848; A calendar of the records at Stratford on Avon, 1864; and a History of New Place, 1864. He was interested in the Camden Society, the Percy Society, and the Shakespeare Society. He lived at Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, Sussex. His collection of rare and curious works were donated to Chetham Library, Manchester, The Town Library, Penzance, Cornwall, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A., and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Naturalist of Berwickshire, secretary to the Berwickshire Naturalists Club

William Harrison was the author of several local history publications relating to the Isle of Man, including Bibliotheca Monensis, a selection of proverbs, sayings, ballads, customs and legends peculiar to the Isle of Man, 1869

Harry Lipscomb was Domestic chaplain to the Duke of Cleveland, and author of The History of Staindrop Church, 1852

William Longstaffe was born 1825 at Norton. He became a solicitor's clerk. He published a History of Darlington in 1854. He moved to Gateshead in 1850 and took over the practice of William Kell, Town Clerk. He contributed articles to Archaeologia Aeliana, the journal of the Newcastle on Tyne Society of Antiquaries; he died in 1898

He was an antiquary and topographer and was born Ovington, Yorkshire. He was second master at Durham School between 1812 and 1827 and librarian to the Dean and Chapter between 1816 and 1858. He published the History of North Durham between 1830 and 1852. He died at Crook Hall. His son, James Raine, Junior (1829-1896) was Chancellor and Librarian of York Minster

He was an author and publisher of the Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences, connected with Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland and Durham, 1844

He was the author of a book entitled Tales and Ballads, published, 8 May 1852

Thomas Bates was born in Northumberland in 1775. His main interest was cattle and he bred a herd of cattle known as Bates Shorthorns. He lived in Halton Castle, Northumberland, purchased Ridley Hall, Northumberland, in 1818 for £12,000 and sold it in 1826 to Rev. N.I. Hollingsworth, Rector of Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Bates continued to live at Ridley Hall until 1830.

He was the son of John Bell of Gateshead, land surveyor. He was born in 1783 and died in 1864. He was a collector of songs and poems.

T.C. Croker, an Irish antiquary, was born in 1798 and died in 1854. He was the author of several publications on folk tales and fairytales.

John Fenwick lived in Ellison Place and Summerhill Grove, Newcastle on Tyne.

J.O. Halliwell, who was born in 1820 and died in 1889, was an English Shakespearian scholar

James Hardy was a naturalist and secretary of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Society

Printer, poet and polemicist

Solicitor and author of A History of Darlington

A. Moutier was a member of la Societe de Archeologie de Rambouillet

C.R. Smith was born in Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight. He was an antiquarian and the author of Inventorium Sepulchrale, 1856

Charles Wellbeloved was a scholar and historian. He was minister of St. Saviour Gate Unitarian Chapel, York, between 1806 and 1858. He died in 1858. He was a founder of the Mechanics' Institute in York, wrote a guide to York Minster, and was Principal of Manchester College

Robert White was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1802. He died in 1875