The Industrial Revolution in Britain and the World, 1635-1970

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The Industrial Revolution in Britain and the World, 1635-1970

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Introduction

This series unites collections that cover different aspects of the industrial revolution. While records on Bolton's mills cover the progress of the textile industry, reports on poor schools show the progress being made on getting children out of mills and into school. Medical essays from this time reveal the health problems affecting the population during this time of great social change. Then papers from Manchester Cathedral's archive show how parish populations were affected by movements of people. This Cathedral archive also contains details of legal judgements made by the church at the time when it served as a small claims court. Shipping records from Liverpool and Bristol then illustrate the pace of this social change through lists of the ships' contents.

Dates Covered

1559-1970

Contributors

Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Bolton Archive and Local Studies Service
Bristol Central Library
British & Foreign School Society
Edinburgh University Library
Findmypast Ltd
Liverpool Maritime Museum
Liverpool Record Office
Manchester Cathedral
The National Society (Church of England Education Office)

Collections

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A painting showing West Indiamen alongside Bristol docks on the Avon. The ship in the foreground on the left is being unloaded with timber from America. Some of the unloaded timber floats on the water. A man can be seen standing on a pile of floating planks as one of them is being lowered down from the ship. A figure leans over the stern to manage the process. The ship may be having her mast stepped. There is another pile of wooden planks floating on the starboard side of the ship. Two men in a rowing boat are using a pole and hook to catch a smaller pile of planks floating in the foreground on the right. The barge on the right is a Severn trow which conveyed a lot of cargo up and down the river, and, as in this painting, would have brought iron down the Severn.

Licensed to access Bristol Shipping Records: Imports and Exports, 1770–1917

Contributor Bristol Central Library Contents 14 Volumes, 132 Documents (28,562 Pages)

An engraving of Ragged School, Whitechapel. A very large school room full of children, with a teacher at the front presiding over a wooden desk

Licensed to access British Poor Schools in the Nineteenth Century, 1812–1901

Contributor The National Society (Church of England Education Office); British & Foreign School Society Contents 4 Volumes, 60 Documents (30,671 Pages)

An engraving of Manchester Market Street from Piccadilly

Licensed to access The Church of England and Social Change in Manchester, 1635–1928

Contributor Manchester Cathedral Contents 9 Volumes, 82 Documents (25,674 Pages)

Edward Jenner inoculates patients. Cows are seen growing out of the arms of patients as the inoculation for smallpox came from giving the patient cowpox.

Licensed to access Essays and Dissertations of the Scottish Royal Medical Society, 1751–1801

Contributor Edinburgh University Library Contents 4 Volumes, 52 Documents (20,672 Pages)

An engraving of seven women working in a fabric shop, 1885.

Licensed to access The Industrial Revolution: Technological Innovation in the Textile Industry, 1672–1929

Contributor Bolton Archive & Local Studies Service Contents 2 Volumes, 108 Documents (7,006 Pages)

New Baths, George's Parade, Liverpool - Robert Irving Barrow - 1828 - BOA Adaption

Licensed to access Liverpool Shipping Records: Imports and Exports, 1820–1900

Contributor Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool Maritime Museum Contents 8 Volumes, 72 Documents (86,310 Pages)

Antique Engraving of Victorian England Victorian, 1840. People walk through the square with bundles.

Licensed to access Liverpool Through Time: From Slavery to the Industrial Revolution, 1766–1900

Contributor Liverpool Record Office Contents 3 Volumes, 93 Documents (81,992 Pages)

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with sheep grazing and people walking in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by W. H. Prior.

Licensed to access Records from Bethlem Royal Hospital, 1559–1932

Contributor Bethlem Museum of the Mind; Findmypast Ltd Contents 7 Volumes, 329 Documents (131,209 Pages)

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