Broadside Ballads : The treading mill..

The treading mill.. (R174639.12)

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Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Collection: Special Collections
Classmark: R174639.12
Title: The treading mill..
Publication: [Preston : John Harkness, between 1840 and 1866]
Alternative Title(s): Mary, the farmer's bride; The letter
Subject(s): HM Prison Brixton -- Poetry; Prisons -- England -- London -- Brixton -- Poetry; Prison treadmills -- Poetry; Man-woman relationships -- Poetry; Social status -- Poetry; Marriage -- Poetry; Brixton (London, England) -- Poetry; Ballads, English--England--Texts; Street literature; Ballads
Printer(s): Harkness, John, 1814-1898
Origin Place: England,Preston.
Date of Creation: between 1840 and 1866
Language(s): English
Note(s):
First ballad: 'The treading mill.': First line: 'The Mill! the Mill! the Brixton treading Mill,', Roud number: V6960.
Second ballad: 'Mary, the farmer's bride. Tune, - "The Letter."': First line: 'One summer's eve as I was walking,', Roud number: V6526.
At foot of page (right-hand-side): '165.'.
Without imprint or date. Printer identified from sheet number. Activity dates of printer suggested by Broadside Ballads Online.
Extent: 1 sheet Leaf height: 260 mm, width: 170 mm.
Format: Sheet
Layout:
Two ballads on one sheet, printed side by side, one column each.
With a woodcut above the first ballad, and 'Sec. 6.' printed beneath the first title, together with a short single rule.
The second ballad has a decorative rule between the title and the suggested tune.
Bibliography:
Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search

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Information about this document

Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Collection: Special Collections
Classmark: R174639.12
Title: The treading mill..
Publication: [Preston : John Harkness, between 1840 and 1866]
Alternative Title(s): Mary, the farmer's bride; The letter
Subject(s): HM Prison Brixton -- Poetry; Prisons -- England -- London -- Brixton -- Poetry; Prison treadmills -- Poetry; Man-woman relationships -- Poetry; Social status -- Poetry; Marriage -- Poetry; Brixton (London, England) -- Poetry; Ballads, English--England--Texts; Street literature; Ballads
Printer(s): Harkness, John, 1814-1898
Origin Place: England,Preston.
Date of Creation: between 1840 and 1866
Language(s): English
Note(s):
First ballad: 'The treading mill.': First line: 'The Mill! the Mill! the Brixton treading Mill,', Roud number: V6960.
Second ballad: 'Mary, the farmer's bride. Tune, - "The Letter."': First line: 'One summer's eve as I was walking,', Roud number: V6526.
At foot of page (right-hand-side): '165.'.
Without imprint or date. Printer identified from sheet number. Activity dates of printer suggested by Broadside Ballads Online.
Extent: 1 sheet Leaf height: 260 mm, width: 170 mm.
Format: Sheet
Layout:
Two ballads on one sheet, printed side by side, one column each.
With a woodcut above the first ballad, and 'Sec. 6.' printed beneath the first title, together with a short single rule.
The second ballad has a decorative rule between the title and the suggested tune.
Bibliography:
Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search