Digital Resources

An occasional series of digitised items from the collection available to read as pdf files.

Hollingworth's Mancuniensis

Manchester Association for Constitutional Order

Criminal Manchester

William Seward's Diary

Fishwick's History of Rochdale

Art Treasures Examiner of 1857

The North Western Museum of Science and Industry: Some Reminiscences by Richard Hills

The Cup of Destiny

Memoir of Cecil Wray

The Anti-Monopolist

Knyvett's Defence of this Realm

Athenaeum Souvenir

Manchester of today: an epitome of results

Liverpool of today: the maritime metropolis of the world: an epitome of results

London: Historical Publishing Company and at Manchester and Liverpool, [1888?] Items bound together.

View the pdf of Manchester of Today here.

View the pdf of Liverpool of Today here.

Subtitled 'Business men and commercial interests, wealth and growth: historical, statistical, biographical', these two illustrated volumes provide an introduction to the history, cultural attractions and commercial enterprise of Manchester and Liverpool, together with an indexed directory of manufacturers and tradesmen.