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Photographs of various interior and exterior views of Ackworth School, playing fields, etc. (circa 1914; 1930-1950).

Ticket for admission to Centenary celebration for Mrs. Sophia Watson, 26 and 27 June 1879.

Short note from Maria Fox to Esther Seebohn (when Maria was Maria Middleton and Esther was Esther Wheeler), mentioning copy of the "debate", no date. Found in a book purchased for the Quaker collection.

Two photographs of groups in historic costumes, no date (possibly 1914?)

Photograph of right wing of school with pupils and staff members, no date (possibly 1879?)

Page from autograph or small sketch book depicting "The Little Island in the Sea" (Isle of Man) with its three legged emblem and small map, inscribed George L.L. Hodgkin (from Mayfield, Douglas), 1909. Found in a book purchased for the Quaker collection.

Four photographs dated October 1950, of the Friends Meeting House at Dolobran in Montgomeryshire, Wales. Built in 1701 by Charles Lloyd (1662–1747) of Dolobran, whose father Charles Lloyd (1637–1698) of Dolobran was the first in the family to become a Quaker. It consists of a tiny isolated chapel built of red-brick with drip courses over the cambered windows and comprising also a two-bay cottage under the same roof. Photographs addressed to Hugh Doncaster, Woodbrooke.

Early view of Ackworth School by T. Stackhouse, no date. Ackworth School was founded in 1779 by John Fothergill on behalf of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Copies of plans for building extensions and developments and three exterior views (from building appeal brochure?).

Three views, one of burial ground, two of stone cottage [meeting house] at Cloddiecochion, in Montgomeryshire, in North Wales taken October 1950