Items (596 total)

Photograph showing aerial view prior to construction of Duryard Halls. Also shows Thomas Hall.

Photograph showing Brendon, Haldon and Raddon Halls which replaced Birks Grange. Birks Halls were demolished in summer 2005.

Photograph of Skyskails sculpture on the side of the Queen's Building, Streatham Campus.

Photograph of gardens and pond of the University of Exeter.

Photograph of Dowager Duchess of Devon (as Chancellor?), seated with two other University officials.

Photograph of Lecture hall at the University College of the South West of England.

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Holland (VC), Professor Joyce Youings and Sir Rex Richards (Chancellor), University of Exeter.

Photograph of David Harrison, Vice Chancellor, 1985-1994.

Photograph of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor.

Photograph of the University of Exeter including the Amory Building, Laver Building and the Harrison Building

Leaflet promoting the vocation to religious life at Syon Abbey in South Brent, Devon. It includes information about their activities, consisting of prayer, including the Divine Office; reading; study; apostolic work, including the Crusade of Prayer…

Two illuminated Christmas cards from a collection of illuminated handmade cards by Sister Mary Veronica [Joan Kempson].

Christmas card featuring the seal of medieval Syon Abbey. Printed with the message: 'Greetings for Christmas and the New Year from Lady Abbess and Community, Syon Abbey, S. [South] Brent, Devon. Presumably decorated by Sister May Veronica [Joan…

Printed prayer card featuring an illustration of St Bridget of Sweden by Sister Mary Stanislas / Stanislaus [Annie Simmons], a nun of Syon Abbey. The prayer card is attributed to Syon Abbey in South Brent, Devon, and was presumably printed for sale.

Photograph postcard of a nun and a laysister laying the tables for a meal in the refectory at Syon Abbey in South Brent, Devon.

Photograph postcard of Sister Mary Peter with two goats on the Syon Abbey Farm in South Brent, Devon.

Two pages from a pamphlet by an anonymous author, presumably Sister Mary Magdalen Nevin, and published by Syon Abbey. The pamphlet concerns the history and daily life at Syon Abbey, told from the perspective of the Abbey's cat, Punch.

Two pages from a transcription of the Stations of the Cross by Sister Kitty [Catherine] Witham.

Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Includes five pages of manuscript inscriptions by Sister Catherine Witham in the flyleaves at the front of the book.

Petition written by Barbara Wiseman, the Abbess of Syon Abbey, concerning three charges made against the community.

The allegations are:
1) the brothers of Syon Abbey ‘dyd governe the systers’
2) ‘the brothers are manteyned at the great…