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The Musical Stones of Skiddaw, 1840
Hyde Chartist Bell, 1848
J. D. Carr’s Waistcoat c.1840s
Salt's Pattern Book, 1853
Emily Brontë's Writing Desk, c.1830s-1840s
Hattersley Loom c.19th century
Mine Cage from Hodbarrow Mines c. 19th century
'The Struggle With the Quarry' by John Hancock, 1851