Stories
- Article
The Ladies of Llangollen
As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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What is air, and how do we know?
Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.
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There’s more to gingerbread than ginger
‘Bake-Off’ finalist Mary-Anne Boermans treats us to the warm and enticing pleasures of gingerbread over centuries.
Catalogue
- Books
Handel & the castrati : the story behind the 18th century superstar singers : 29 March - 1 October 2006 / Handel House Museum.
Date: 2006- Archives and manuscripts
Patient Certificates and Notices
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: late 18th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MSS.6326-6360Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission dates 1793-1866.
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: late 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.6326Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Patient Certificates and Notices
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: late 18th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MSS.6326-6340Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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English Recipe Book, later 17th - early 18th century
Date: Late 17th century - 18th centuryReference: MS.7822