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We are delighted to announce the digital release of a further 81 pages of the Book of Remembrances. With half of this book now available to browse, we’d love to hear your comments on the text and the ...

As we gear up for four days and nights of events at Durham Cathedral, our project partner, here are five links between Alice Thornton and Durham Cathedral to whet your interest: Durham Cathedral weste...

The 1st September is World Letter Writing Day. While Alice Thornton (1626-1707) is best known for writing four books about her life, we know that she frequently communicated by letter and we have been...

Alice Wandesford Thornton was born at Kirklington Hall, Hambleton in 1626 and died at East Newton Hall, Ryedale in 1707. While she spent some of her formative years away in London, Dublin and Chester,...

"The great blank space provided by the margins" was filled with many kinds of text and image in early modern manuscripts and printed books, and a number of recent and current digital projects reflect ...