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Jessica Lofthouse Inventory

Jessica Lofthouse was born in Clitheroe in 1908, and lived most of her adult life in Blackburn. She was a writer, artist, teacher and lecturer, and was mainly interested in the history and countryside of North-West England. After her death in 1988 a large collection of her books, diaries, sketches, news cuttings and miscellaneous items were passed to Blackburn library, where they are now held in the local history archives.

About the following list:

Most of the books have been numbered previously and are now listed in numerical order.
Where books have been annotated by the author, this is indicated below.
Items enclosed in books have been removed and placed in numbered folders in grey boxes A - D
The following boxed manuscripts are held separately:

Countrygoers’ North

Countrygoer in the Dales

Lancashire Countrygoer

The Curious Traveller: Lancaster to Lakeland

Three Rivers

Box 1: Jessica Lofthouse's Books

JL1 The Curious Traveller Through Lakeland, 1954

JL2 Happy Wanderer: Round About Clitheroe, pamphlet, c.1961

JL3 Countrygoers' North, proof copy, 1965, annotated

- enclosed: (Box A, Folder no.1)

- photographs of Gawthorpe Hall

- The Friends Meeting House at Brigflatts

- programme of events for the Sedburgh Tercentenary, 1975

- hand-drawn rough plan of Naworth Castle

JL 4/5/6 Countrygoers' North, 1965; 1965; 1976

JL7/8/9 Lancashire's Fair Face, 1952; 1952; 1952, annotated

JL10/11/12/13 Lancashire Countrygoer, 1962; 1962; 1981; 1981

JL 14/15/16/17 Countrygoer in the Dales, 1964; 1964; 1964; 1964

JL 18/19/20 The Curious Traveller Through Lakeland, 1954; 1954; 1973

JL 21/22/23/24/25 The Curious Traveller: Lancaster to Lakeland, 1956; 1956; 1981; 1981; 1981

JL26/27 Lancashire Landscape, 1951; 1951

JL28 A Lancashire Journey, pamphlet, 1976

- enclosed: Christmas painting (Box A folder no.1)

JL29 Countrygoers’ North, 1976

JL 30 Borders of the North-West, 1980

Box 2: Jessica Lofthouse’s Books

JL 31/32/33/34/35 North Wales for the Countrygoer, 1970 annotated:1970; 1970; 1976; 1976

JL36/37/38 Lancashire's Old Families, 1972, proof copy; 1979; 1986

JL39/40/41 Lancashire Villages, 1973; 1973; 1973

JL42 Off to the Lakes, 1948, annotated

- enclosed: (Box A folder no. 1)

- letter refusing a request to republish Off to the Lakes

- newspaper article,"Prehistoric Man had Langdale Slopes", Northern Daily Telegraph, July 16, 1954

- postcard from the Hon. Secretary of the Friends of the Lake District, dated 1948, acknowledging receipt of a letter regarding the felling

of trees on the West Shores of Grasmere

- handwritten excerpts from And So To Bath, Cecil Roberts, History in the Open Air, Henry John Randall, and Lakeland Valley, Boyd (?)

- handwritten sheets: "The Sheep’s Year", "The Duddon Farmer’s Year", and

"Sheep", written by Millie Lindsay, and "Sheep", written by Margery Burkett

JL 43/44 Off to the Lakes 1949: 1949

JL 45 Portrait of Lancashire; 1967

JL 46 Portrait of Lancashire; 1969

- enclosed: Box A (folder no. 2)

- photograph of a garden party at Whalley Abbey, 1965

- photograph of Jessica Lofthouse, speaking to a crowd at Whalley Abbey, 1964

- 3 bookmarks

- Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Graham, 1966

- Letter form Betty Buckley re proposed visit to luncheon club

- newspaper article, "Bones Found on Store Site - Link with Former Cemetery"

- letters from Edith Graham, dated February 16, 1966 and January 17, 1972

- list of "Officially Listed Buildings in Blackburn and Possible Additions"

- hand-drawn suggested new illustration for the jacket of "Portrait of Lancashire"

- photograph of the opening of Billinge County Library, June 1, 1965

- handwritten quotes from "Portrait of Lancashire" reviews

- letter of thanks from Amy Wooton of the University of Lancaster, dated February 14, 1973, for the delivery of The County College Annual Lecture

- letter of appreciation for "Portrait of Lancashire", from Marjorie de Goes

- newspaper article, "Tribute in Verse", Northern Daily Telegraph, April 23, 1966

- illustration of New Hall, Salisbury

JL 47/48 Off to the Dales, 1950; 1950.

JL49 West Pennine Highway, 1954

(several photographs attached to pages of this book)

- newspaper cutting fo the obituary of Mary Isobel Jones - Box A (folder no. 2)

JL50/51 West Pennine Highway, 1954; 1954

JL52/53 Lancashire: Westmorland Highway, 1953; 1953

JL54 Three Rivers; 1946

Box 3: Jessica Lofthouse’s Books

JL 55 An Anthology of World Poetry, Mark Van Doren (Ed.), 1941

JL 56 An Anthology of Modern Verse, A. Methuen (Ed.), 1923

JL 57 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

JL 58 The Arts of the Church, Francis Sydney Unwin, 1912

JL 59 111 Days to Zion, Hal Knight and Dr. Stanley B. Kimball, 1978, annotated

JL 60 About Britain series, No. 9: Lancashire and Yorkshire, Geoffrey Grigson (Ed.), 1951

JL 61 Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfield

JL 62 Beau Geste (abridged), P.C. Wren, 1966

JL 63 The Beauty of Britain, 1937

JL 64 A Bird Book for the Pocket, Edmund Sandars, 1945

- enclosed: now in Box A, (folder no. 3)

- newspaper article, "Winter Bird Migrants to Ribble and Hodder"

- newspaper article, "Birds' Berry Larder Bare"

- newspaper article, "Golden Oriole and the Heron"

- newspaper article, "It was a Birdwatcher's Paradise...",

Evening Telegraph, 19 Sept. 1959

JL 65 The Book of Household Management, 1888

JL 66 Blundell's Diary and Letter Book 1702- 1728, Margaret Blundell (Ed.), 1952

- enclosed: now in Box A, (folder no. 3)

- information on an exhibition of paintings by Brian Clarke, 1975, annotated

JL 67 The Book of Mormon, 1978 – notes written on front and back leaves

JL 68 The Book of Saints and Heroes, Mrs Lang, 1918

JL 69 Black’s Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire, 1870

- enclosed: handwritten notes - in Box A, (folder no. 3)

JL 70 Book of Common Prayer, 1922

note in front: "Present from Mother"

JL 71 The Book of Mormon, 1900

JL 72 The Business Side of Writing, Lionel Garrett, 1936

JL 73 The Buildings of England: Cornwall, Nikolaus Pevsner ,1951

JL 74 America’s Majestic Canyons, 1979

JL 75 Australian Landscapes in Miniature, 1952

JL 76 A Book of Praise, Harold Burdekin, 1948

JL 77 Bird Lore, C. E. Hare, 1952

JL 78 Brother to the Ox, Fred Kitchen, 1943

JL 79 Book of Words, Ivor Brown, 1944, annotated

JL 80 William Shakespeare in a Sixteenth Century Book, Moray McLaren, 1949

JL 81 Brensham Village, John Moore, 1946

JL 82 The Children of Green Knowe, Lucy M. Boston, 1979

JL 83 Britain Under the Romans, S. E. Winbolt, 1945, annotated

JL 84 Britain B. C., S. E. Winbolt, 1945, annotated

Box 4: Books by Other Authors

JL 85 Edible Fungi, John Ramsbottom, 1948

JL 86 Elizabeth Fry, Kitty Barne, 1950

JL 87 English Letters of the XVIII Century, James Aitken (Ed.) 1946

JL 88 Early England to 1154

JL 89 Dusty Answer, Rosamond Lehmann, 1927

JL 90 A Flower Book for the Pocket, Macgregor Skene, 1950 annotated

- enclosed: Now in Box A (folder no. 4)

- newspaper article, "Flower of the Saints" November, 1955

- article: "Dating Hedges"

JL 91 Gospel Principles, 1981

JL 92 Folk Traditions in Yugoslavia: Ten Tours, Leposava Zunic-Bas

JL 93 Goodbye to Poplarhaven, Edward A. Geary, 1985

JL 94 Flaxen Braids, Annette Turngren and Mourzouk, Vitaly Bianchi, in one volume

JL 95 Five Little Kittens, A. J. McGregor,

JL 96 Derbyshire, F. C. Mutton, 1939

JL 97 The Doctor at Home and the Nurse’s Guide Book

JL 98 Ferry the Fearless, Carola Oman, 1945

JL 99 The Fate of the Lancashire Witches, Arthur Douglas, 1978

JL 100 The Crown of the Wild Olive, John Ruskin, 1909

JL 101 The Country Child, Alison Uttley, 1914

JL 102 The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton, 1939, annotated

JL 103 Common Wild Flowers, J. Hutchinson, 1945

JL 104 A Guide to the Prehistoric and Roman Monuments in England and Wales,

Jacquetta Hawkes, 1952

JL 105 Good English, G. H. Vallins, 1952

JL 106 First Aid to the Injured, Peter Shepherd, 1890

JL 107 Fat Man on a Roman Road, Tom Vernon, 1985

JL 108 From Edenvale to the Plains of York: A Thousand Miles in the Valleys of Nidal and Yore, Edmund Bogg, c. 1895

JL109 Fairy Tales from the Isle of Man, Dora Broome, 1951, annotated

JL 110 Good News Told by Luke, Today’s English Version, 1976

JL 111 An Englishman Looks at Wales, R. W. Thompson, 1937

JL 112 Glory of the Cape, A Pictorial Review of Capetown and

the Cape Peninsula

- enclosed: All cuttings now in Box A (folder no. 4)

- newspaper article, "Selborne College Ceremony of the Key"

- photograph of the Mayoress of East London, Mrs. H .J. McJannet with Mrs. O. Rein,

Miss M. H. Hill, Mrs. H. H. Fuller, and Miss E. M. Carrie, dated 1954

- newspaper article, "High Honour but Also an Arduous Task"

- newspaper article, "Women Pack City Hall for Mayoress ‘At Home’"

- photograph of Ian McJannet, son of the Mayor and Mayoress of East London,

receiving a cup at Selborne College’s athletic championships, March 10, 1954

- newspaper article on the Border Hockey Ball at the Windsor Bowl, 1954

- newpaper article, "Invested with Chains of Office", Daily Dispatch,

London November 1953

JL113 English Period Furniture, Charles H. Hayward, 1947

JL 114 Gardening Herbs in the Garden, Mary Aylett, 1955, annotated

- enclosed: Now in Box A (folder no. 4)

- newspaper cuttings re herbs

JL 115 Gone Rustic, Cecil Roberts, 1936

JL 116 Heraldry, J. S. Milbourne, 1950

- hand-drawn coats of arms stuck into book

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 4)

- more loose drawings of coats of arms

- newspaper article, "Arms of the Kay-Shuttleworths"Northern Daily Telegraph, 1953

JL 117 Guy Mannering, Sir Walter Scott

JL 118 Greenwitch, Susan Cooper, 1979

JL 119 The English Village, Victor Bonham-Carter and Portrait of a Village,

Brett Young in one volume, 1952

JL 120 The Golden Treasury, Francis Turner Palgrave

JL 121 Geology and Scenery in England and Wales, A. E. Trueman, 1949

JL 122 The Greatest Thing in the World, Henry Drummond

Box 5: Books by Other Authors

JL 123 The Lake Counties, W. G. Collingwood, 1938, annotated

- enclosed: now in Box A, (folder no. 5)

newspaper article, "Losing the Lakes", Richard Fitter

JL 124 Lake District, W. T. Palmer, annotated

JL 125 The Lake Country, E. Lynn Linton, 1864

JL 126 The Illustrated Road Book of England and Wales, 1962

JL 127 Highways and Byways in the Lake District, A. G. Bradley, 1932

JL 128 Lower Wharfedale, Edmund Bogg, 1923

JL 129 Local Colour: A Landscape Analysis for Sightseers, Edmund Vale, 1934 annotated

JL130 Life in An English Village, Edward Bawden, 1949, annotated

JL131 The Lancashire Witches, W. Harrison Ainsworth

JL 132 The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest, W. Harrison Ainsworth, c. 1955, annotated

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

- handwritten script for "Pendle Witch Film"

- handwritten notes re. Witches

JL 133 The Island of Staffa, Donald B. MacCulloch, 1927

JL 134 The Island Bus, Elisabeth Beresford, 1977

JL 135 Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Gentlemen, Volume II, Part I, George Godfrey Cunningham (Ed.), 1836

JL 136 Historical Memorials of Canterbury, Arthur P. Stanley, 1872

JL 137 How to Look at Old Buildings, Edmund Vale, 1940, annotated

JL 138 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., W. M. Thackeray (Ed.), 1894

There are also a number of other books in this box without reference numbers written in them.

These seem to relate to Books 139 – 152:

The History of the Holy Bible, Rev. Joseph Reeve, 1859

Holy Communion, Preparation and Companion, Right Rev. W. Walsham How, 1923

- enclosed: (written in front of book)

- Dedication In Memory of Jessica’s Confirmation, 5 December 1923, signed by the members of clergy present.

Horned Helmet, Henry Treece, 1976

How to Draw and Paint, Henry Gasser, 1955, annotated

In South Africa, Francis Brett Young, 1952

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1924, annotated

John Keats, Henry Newbolt (Ed.)

Katherine, Anya Seton, 1975

Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence, 1960

Lavengro, George Borrow

Lancashire Authors’ Anthology: Verse and Prose in Standard English and

Dialect, John P. Berry (Ed.), 1984

Lancashire Evergreens, A Hundred Old Favourite Poems,

Joan Pomfret (Ed.) 2 copies

A Literary Pilgrim in England, Edward Thomas, 1928, annotated

Masked Gods, Frank Waters, 1950

Box 6: Books by Other Authors

JL 153 The Pictorial History of Lancashire, 1844

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

"The Raven, My Brother of the Wind", Ellen A. Lunceford, 1 April 1974

JL 154 Reader’s Digest Condensed Books: Carter’s Castle, Wilbur Wright

The Great Husky Race, Jose Giovanni, The Red Fox, Anthony Hyde

The Flame Trees of Thika, Elspeth Huxley, 1985

JL 155 Reader’s Digest Condensed Books: The Sound of Wings, Spencer Dunmore

The Suitcases, Anne Hall Whitt, The Keys of the Kingdom, A. J. Cronin

Callanish, William Horwood, 1984

JL 156 Millstone Grit, Glyn Hughes, 1975

JL 157 The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, James Grant Wilson (Ed.)

JL 158 Regal Richmond and the Land of Swale, Edmund Bogg, 1909

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

A letter from J. A. McDougall, dated September 16, 1961

JL 159 Recollections of the Lake Poets, Thomas de Quincey, 1948, annotated

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

- newspaper article, "Opium Eater"

JL 160 Middleton’s Illustrated Escort Guide to Ambleside and District, 1891, annotated

JL 161 Out of the Fog, Naomi C. Echlin, 1984, copy signed by the author

JL 162 A Month in Yorkshire, Walter White, 1879

JL 163 Mist Over Pendle, Robert Neill

JL 164 The Minor Pleasures of Life, Rose Macauley, 1936

JL 164 Mr Sheridan’s Umbrella, L. A. G. Strong, 1949

JL 165 The Open Road, E. V. Lucas, 19256, annotated and poems written inside

JL 166 The Odyssey of Homer, Butcher and Lang, 1924, notes in margins

JL 167 No More Meadows, Monica Dickens, 1955

JL 168 Practical Guide to the English Lake District, Henry Irwin Jenkinson, 1876

JL 169 Our Country Churches and Chapels, A. Hewitson, 1872, notes written in margins

JL 170 The Other Day, Dorothy Whipple, 1950

JL 171 Reader’s Digest Condensed Books: The Danger, Dick Francis

I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven, Night Sky, Clare Francis

Moonfleet, J. Meade Falkner, 1984

JL 172 The Ribble Salmon Fisheries, A. T. R. Houghton, 1952

JL 173 Robinson of England, John Drinkwater, 1937

JL 174 Rambles in the Lake Country, Edwin Waugh, 1882

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

- newspaper article, "A Northern Tour in 1808: II – Southport to Windermere

JL 175 The Pocket A. A. M.: Selections from those Were the Days, A. A. Milne, 1941

JL 176 The Piers Plowman Social and Economic Histories, Book 1:

Primeval Times to 1066, J. J. Bell, 1922, with notes re historical and geographical features

JL 177 Penguin Guide to Cornwall, 1947

JL 178 The Penguin Guide to London, F. R. Banks, 1958

JL 179 The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse, 1967, annotated with poems and other notes

JL 180 Poems of Today, 1938, annotated

- 3 handwritten poems stuck into book

JL 181 Poems and Lancashire Songs, Edwin Waugh, 1870

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 5)

Card from the staff at Carnforth Bookshop

JL 182 The Pocket Book of Verse, 1941

JL 183 Realm of the Incas, Victor W. Von Hagen, 1961

JL 184 Routledge’s World Library: The Mutiny on the Bounty;

Dr. Livingstone’s Travels; Essays of Elia; The Spectator (choice selections), 1886

JL 185 The Poets’ Way, A. R. Moon (Ed.), 1947

Box 7 seems to be missing

JL 186 – JL 228 are hand-drawn sketches taken out of an envelope and now placed in Box A, (folder no. 7)

Box 8: Books by Other Authors

JL 229 What Soldiers Wore on Hadrian’s Wall, H. Russell Robinson, 1979

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 6) Postcards of Soldiers

JL 230 Your Hearth and Home Through the Centuries, Edith E. Haden Guest, 1950

JL 231 The Wide, Wide World and All the Year Round Dream Books and Fortune Tellers Combined

JL 231a Some Portraits of the Lake Poets and their Homes, Ashley P. Abraham, 1920

- enclosed: inscription "Given to Jessica on her first visit to Lakeland as a schoolgirl" also handwritten notes

JL 232 The Yorkshire Dales, Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby, 1963

- enclosed: now in Box A (folder no. 6)

Newspaper biography of Jessica Lofthouse

JL 233 Whittaker’s History of England, 1873

JL 234 The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Margaret Lane, 1946

JL 235 Sunrise to Sunset, Adrian Bell, 1944

JL 236 Where Men Still Dream, Lawrence G. Green, 1950

JL 237 Where to Walk in the Cape Peninsula, Jose Burman, 1967

JL 238 Striding Through Yorkshire, Alfred J. Brown, 1938

JL 239 What Katy Did and What Katy Did at School, Susan Coolidge, 1952

JL 240 With Malice Toward Some, Margaret Halsey, 1938

JL 240a The Striding Dales, Halliwell Sutcliffe, 1939

JL 241 Scandinavia, Fodor’s Modern Guides.

- enclosed: handwritten notes on Sweden (taped into book)

JL 242 The Weekend Book, Francis and Vera Meyrell (Eds.), 1938

- enclosed: handwritten poems

JL 243 Saturday to Monday, A Weekend Companion, 1948

JL 243a Wait Now!, Rachel Knappett, 1953

JL 244 The Wayfarer’s Companion, Arnold Fellows, 1943

JL 245 Rural Rides, Volume I, William Cobbett, 1940

JL 246 Rural Rides, Volume II, William Cobbett, 1941

JL 247 Without Knowing Mr. Walkley, Edith Oliver, 1943

JL 248 Verses New and Old, John Galsworthy, 1926

JL 249 The Verge of Lakeland, William T. Palmer, 1938

JL 250 The Shell and BP Guide to Britain . Presentation copy at the opening of Billinge Library in 1965

- enclosed: various cuttings from other Shell Guides

JL 251 Thoughts and Prayers for Young Communicants, c 1883 Inscription in front "Given to Isabella Read, 1883"

JL 252 The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, 1941

JL 253 Wild Wales, George Barrow, annotated

JL 254 A Tour Through England and Wales, Volume I, Daniel Defoe, 1927

JL 255 A Tour Through England and Wales, Volume II, Daniel Defoe, 1928, annotated

JL 256 Tarka the Otter, Henry Williamson, 1939

JL 257 Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1965

JL 258 The Wombles at Work, Elisabeth Beresford, 1975

JL 259 Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Volume I, Peter Roget, 1941

JL 260 Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Volume II, Peter Roget, 1942

JL 261 Teach Yourself Geology, A. Raistrick, 1943

JL 262 Tudor England, S. T. Bindoff, 1950

JL 263 Vanishing Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, 1972

JL 264 Under T’Hawthorn, Yorkshire Dialect Lyrics, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, 1946

JL 265 Twentieth Century Psalter, Richard Church, 1943

Box 9: Miscellaneous Items

JL 266 newspaper article, "Vivid Memories of the Hon. Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth", Burnley Express and News, January 24, 1969

JL 267 Handbook of Lancashire Places and Events

JL 268 Christmas card from Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth

JL 269 photograph – "The drive to the main entrance", location unknown

JL 270 Christmas card from Michael, Ruth and Susanna Farrell

JL 271 two printed paintings of Muker by Mireille Cooper

JL 272 handwritten notes about old houses

JL 273 SDP/Liberal Alliance leaflet for the local election on May 7, 1987

JL 274 The Arms of Lady Anne Clifford and her Ancestors and Descendants, as displayed in the Great Hall of Appleby Castle, from "Robert", Christmas 1976

JL 275 Interim report re Fleet Holdings

JL 276 & 277 two cigarette card albums of wild flowers

Tourist Information Books:

JL 278 Cambrian Forests, Foresty Commission Guide, 1959

JL 279 Pendle Forest Walk, Jean Walton

JL 280 Pleasant Walks around Blackburn, and Rambles by the Ribble, the Hodder and the Calder with Observations by the Way

JL 281 The Old Inns and Alehouses of Clitheroe, Arthur Langshaw, 1947, annotated

JL 282 Wordsworth House, The National Trust, 1939

JL 283 Youth Hostels in Lakeland, 1978

JL 284 Whalley and Mitton, Thomas Johnson

JL 285 Gossiping Guide to Clitheroe, Pendle Hill, Sawley Abbey etc. c. 1904 (This book is listed on an earlier inventory, but not found)

JL 286 Whalley, Mitton, Stonyhurst, Ribchester etc. (This book is listed on an earlier inventory, but not found)

JL 287 Lakeland Rambler: Official Yearbook of the Ramblers’ Association, 1957

JL 288 Lakeland Rambler: Official Yearbook of the Ramblers’ Association, 1959

- enclosed: Photograph of Ullswater Steamer

JL 289 The National Trust Handbook, 1987

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