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Based in the University of Southampton Hartley Library.
With around 7 million manuscript items and 50,000 printed books, the Special Collections provide a resource of remarkable richness and depth.
Based in the University of Southampton Hartley Library.
With around 7 million manuscript items and 50,000 printed books, the Special Collections provide a resource of remarkable richness and depth.
It has been marked by solemn religious services, rioting in the streets and today’s organised firework displays.
Find out more about the publications relating to the day and its commemoration that can be found in Special Collections buff.ly/sQZ8Ysm
Find out more about the publications relating to the day and its commemoration that can be found in Special Collections buff.ly/sQZ8Ysm
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It has been marked by solemn religious services, rioting in the streets and today’s organised firework displays.
Find out more about the publications relating to the day and its commemoration that can be found in Special Collections buff.ly/sQZ8Ysm
Find out more about the publications relating to the day and its commemoration that can be found in Special Collections buff.ly/sQZ8Ysm
Find a full transcript in our online catalogue buff.ly/3iYOj9n%E2%8... "This place [Devon], I am sorry to say, is suffering from its vicinity to Bristol. Many of the miscreants who have escaped from the dragoons there, are now here and joined to the dregs of this large population..."
Letter from the Bishop of Exeter to Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, describing the political situation in Devon
Letter from Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, Exeter, to Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington: [Transcript] "This place, I am sorry to say, is suffering from its vicinity to Bristol. Many o…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Find a full transcript in our online catalogue buff.ly/3iYOj9n%E2%8... "This place [Devon], I am sorry to say, is suffering from its vicinity to Bristol. Many of the miscreants who have escaped from the dragoons there, are now here and joined to the dregs of this large population..."
Yes they are!
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yes they are!
"Only once did it make our hair stand on end...our realisation that 'we had the ghost again' was greeted with peal after peal of very unpleasant laughter from the empty field outside the window. Otherwise we encountered it by day or by night without a qualm..." buff.ly/zWoFz5a
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Only once did it make our hair stand on end...our realisation that 'we had the ghost again' was greeted with peal after peal of very unpleasant laughter from the empty field outside the window. Otherwise we encountered it by day or by night without a qualm..." buff.ly/zWoFz5a