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Northampton Mercury - notes relating to archived editions dated 1838.

ALC/020/010

Notes relating to archived editions of the Northampton Mercury dated 1838 ...
Northampton Herald - 'Lines' a poem about the effects of the railway on Rugby (1838).

ALC/022/001

Anonymous poem highlighting the effects of the building of the railway on Rugby.The poem was written by an ‘old Rugboean’ who was visiting a friend who lived in the town of Rugby.
Northampton Herald - Contemplations on coach and railway (1838).

ALC/022/003

Letter published in the Northampton Herald under the headline ‘Coach and Railway Contemplations’, commenting on the editorial of 06/10/1838 (catalogue ALC/22/2). Letter signed ‘your’s respectfully, SUM CUIQUE (‘to each his own’).
Northampton Herald - Editorial reply to Mercury letter regarding the expence of rail travel (1838).

ALC/022/006

Editorial reply to assertation in letter published in the Northampton Mercury that rail travel is ‘twice as cheap and three times as fast as any other conveyance’.
Northampton Herald - Editorial reply to the Rev. George Phillimore's letter of complaint against the Birmingham Railway (1838).

ALC/022/002

Emotively worded editorial from the Northampton Herald newspaper following publication of a letter of complaint against the Birmingham Railway Company. The complaint from the Rev. George Phillimore was about his ill-treatment as a passenger. The Herald’s reacted by pledging to publish any authenticated complaints against the railway.
Northampton Herald - Letter to editor regarding the ill-treatment of two female passenger's luggage (1838).

ALC/022/004

Letter of complaint from an anonymous third party regarding the treatment of two female, rail passengers, Agnes Peasnall and Lucy Butcher. The ladies were travelling from Birmingham to Blisworth and were unable to collect their luggage on arrival at their destination.
Northampton Herald - Report of delayed mail deliveries due to a 'Railroad Accident' (1838).

ALC/022/005

Brief account of an incident reported in an un-named Liverpool newspaper regarding a delay in the delivery of the London mail to Liverpool. This was due to a railroad accident in the vicinity of Weedon.
Northampton Mercury - Announcement of completion of the London to Birmingham Railway (1838).

ALC/021/020

Photocopy of an article in the Northampton Mercury announcing the completion of the London to Birmingham Railway and detailing the stages of the 112 mile journey from London to Birmingham.
Northampton Mercury - opening the railway in sections: Denbigh Hall (1838).

ALC/021/019

Photocopy of an article detailing the further opening of the London and Birmingham Railway to Denbigh Hall – and the opening of the entire portion of the seventy seven mile stretch of railway from Rugby to Birmingham. The account is favourable to the endeavour and gains momentum as the crowds build up along the route. ...
Wolverton's early population - Settling and keeping the work force (1838-1861).

ALC/019/014

Notes on sources refering to Wolverton’s early population, includes Census extracts, H.S. Brown’s autobiography, letters from Bury and Creed and an item from the Northampton Mercury.
Development and decline of the Grand Central Station at Wolverton (1840).

ALC/019/016

Reference to F.B. Head’s ‘Stokers and Pokers’.
Prize fight between Caunt and Bendigo (1840).

ALC/019/018

Notes on the prize fight between Caunt and Bendigo, sourced from Bell’s Sporting Life.