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

Photograph postcard of Bridgettine sisters standing outside Syon Abbey, Marley House in South Brent, Devon.

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…

Black and white formal group photograph of an orchestra outside St Luke's College. Names on the reverse side include: Perry, H. Parsons, S.D. Wykes, G.W.R. Knepp, E. Raine, U.H. Peart, J.F. Turton, Parrott, Rev. R.C. Collins (Principal 1914-1941),…

Black and white photograph of students seated in the dining hall at St Luke's College

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.

Murray was principal of the University College of the South West of England, 1925-1951.

Photograph showing interior of study at Hope Hall.

Photograph of interior staircase at Hope Hall.

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

A document recording the admittance of Right Reverend John Keily, the Lord Bishop of Plymouth as Brother of the Syon Abbey Chapter. The document is decorated with illustrations of St Bridget of Sweden, St John the Baptist, St George, a bishop,…

Sepia toned photograph postcard of the Gymansium at the Exeter Diocesan Training College, a teacher training college in Exeter, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. The gymnasium was converted into the Library in 1961.

Sepia toned photograph postcard of the West End of the Chapel at Exeter Diocesan Training College, a teacher training college in Exeter, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. The Chapel was built in 1896. It suffered a direct hit from a bomb…

Sepia toned photograph postcard of a study bedroom in the Long Dormitory at the Exeter Diocesan Training College, a teacher training college in Exeter, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. Includes a message from a student on the reverse…

Sepia toned photograph postcard of the dining hall at the Exeter Diocesan Training College, a teacher training college in Exeter, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. Students or lecturers are lined up at the far end of the hall.

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.

This hand-coloured lithograph was printed by William Spreat in c 1854 and shows the Exeter Diocesan School, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. Having started life as a as a teacher training college in the Cathedral Close, the training…

Framed colour plan of Exeter, drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. The plan is decorated with illustrations of the 'Guildhall', 'Exeter Cathedral', 'Northernhay' [Gardens], the 'Post Office', 'St. Sidwell's Church' and 'View on the Exe', drawn and…

Framed plan of Exeter showing the existing boundaries (in green) and the proposed boundary changes (in red), produced by Lieutenant Robert Kearsley Dawson, Royal Engineers. This plan was the result of the Reform Bill of 1831 and the Boundaries Act of…

Digital copy of original Falaj Malki manuscript relating to water and tribal settlement in Izki, Oman.
Manuscript notebook recording names and holdings of the owners of the water shares over a period of approximately 50 years. The pages include a…