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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Memorial to the Watch Committees & Magistrates of Manchester & Salford

Image Number: 
JRL15110595
Reference Number: 
R213995.10        
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Memorial to the Watch Committees & Magistrates of Manchester & Salford
Parent Work Title: 
Memorial to the Watch Committees & Magistrates of Manchester & Salford : We, the undersigned Residents and Ratepayers in Manchester and Salford, desire respectfully to draw the attention of the Watch Committees and of the Magistrates to the increasing number of brothels and the alarming and degrading prevalence of prostitution ... In support of this Memorial we lay before the Committees and Magistrates a copy of the Resolutions passed at a Meeting held in the Association Hall on the 22nd January, 1883, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester in the chair, together with Extracts from the Acts now in force in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and sundry other Extracts showing chiefly how these Acts have worked.
Date Created: 
1883?]
Publication Details: 
S.l. : s.n.
Description: 
Broadside: Residents and Ratepayers in Manchester and Salford, desire respectfully to draw the attention of the Watch Committees and of the Magistrates to the increasing number of brothels and the alarming and degrading prevalence of prostitution.
Keyword: 
Prostitution; Manchester; Watch Committees; Law.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Great Britain. Glasgow Police Act 1866
Subject: 
Great Britain. Edinburgh Municipal and Police Act 1879
Subject: 
Broadside -- England -- Salford -- 19th century
Subject: 
Broadsides -- England -- Manchester -- 19th century
Subject: 
Prostitution--Moral and ethical aspects
Subject: 
Prostitution--Law and legislation--England--Manchester
Subject: 
Prostitution--Law and legislation--England--Salford
Subject: 
England -- Manchester -- Prostitution -- 19th century
Subject: 
England -- Salford -- Prostitution -- 19th century
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Broadsides
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Scott, Charles Prestwich,1846-1932, former owner
Provenance: 
Herford, Charles, B., former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-11-10
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2015-11
Collection Code: 
Rylands