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1. The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.
Creator:
King, Daniel, -1664?
Date:
1656
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 55 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, coats of arms ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Photograph album of scenes in the Lake District, Cheshire, Scotland, and Wales.

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Creator:
Mudd, James, 1821–1906
Date:
1860s
Physical Description:
1 album (40 photographic prints) : albumen prints from wet collodion negatives ; prints 30 x 38 cm, or smaller, in album 38 x 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Prospectus of a history of the county palatine and of the city of Chester : by Geo. Ormerod of Chorlton, Esq. M.A.F.S.A. : dedicated (with permission) to His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, Earl of Chester ; including King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities.

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Date:
[1814?]
Physical Description:
2, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. An historical account of the ancient and modern state of the principality of Wales, dutchy of Cornwall, and earldom of Chester / collected out of the records of the Tower of London, and divers ancient authors by Sir John Doddridge, knight.

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Creator:
Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555–1628
Date:
1714
Physical Description:
[16], 147, [1] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, illustrated / From original drawings by Thomas Allom. With historical and topographical descriptions. By T. Noble and T. Rose ...

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Creator:
Noble, Thomas
Date:
[1836-1837]
Physical Description:
[2], 76 p., 37 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Britannia depicta : a series of one hundred and thirty views of the most interesting and picturesque objects in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, & Derbyshire / engraved by John Landsheer, Wm. Byrne, S. Middiman, Geo. Cooke, John Scott, John Pye, and J. Neagle, from drawings made by J. Farington, R.A., Thos. Hearne, F.S.A., W. Turner, R.A., and others ; with brief descriptions by Samuel Lysons, F.R.S., F.S.A.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
6 pt. in 1 v. : ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A topographical survey of the counties of Somerset, Gloucester, Worcester, Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster.: Containing a new-engraved map of each county, with a complete description of the great, direct, and cross roads; the situation, bearing and distances of the seats of the nobility and gentry upon or near such roads, together with elegent engravings of their arms, arranged on a new plan, by Messrs. Woodman and Mutlow, London. To which is added, the direction and survey of the great roads, accurately describing the situations and distances of places, adapted to the use of the gentleman and traveller, ... / By William Tunnicliff, ...

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Creator:
Tunnicliff, William
Date:
M.DCC.LXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 34, [2], 35-87, [3], 40, [2], 41-68, 101-108, [2], 69-100, 109-118, [2] p., [48] p. of plates, [5] leaves of folded plates: ill., coats of arms, maps ; 23 cm. (8 vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Twelve prospects in Derby-shire, Cheshire, Lincoln-shire, York, Durham, and noblemen's parks [graphic].

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Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Genealogical essays illustrative of Cheshire and Lancashire families : and a memoir of the Cheshire Domesday roll / compiled from original authorities by George Ormerod, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Tyldesley and Sedbury Park; author of The history of Cheshire.

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Creator:
Ormerod, George, 1785–1873
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
[4], 55 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A memoir on the Cheshire Domesday roll : formerly preserved in the exchequer of that Palatinate : to which are appended a Calendar of fragments of this lost record collected by the author, and notices of the just-iciaries of Chester in the thirteenth century / by George Ormerod, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Tyldesley and Sedbury Park.

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Creator:
Ormerod, George, 1785–1873
Date:
MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 27, [1] p ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Hunting diary commenced October 4th, 1884.

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Creator:
Barlow, William Wycliffe, 1854–1913
Date:
1884, Oct. 4-1887, March 30
Physical Description:
1 v. ([62] p.) ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester : containing its geography, natural and civil; principal productions; river and canal navigations; a particular account or its towns and chief villages; their history, population, commerce, and manufactures; buildings, government, &c. / The materials arranged, and the work composed by J. Aikin, M.D. embellished and illustrated with seventry-three plates.

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Creator:
Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Date:
[1795]
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, [8], 624 pages, [62] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts