Includes posters, press cuttings, printed reports of meetings, phrenological assessments and manuscript notes, with reference to the Phrenological Society. Also includes correspondence on phrenology and mesmerism from Alexander Maconochie, George Combe,

Letters, notes and sketches on Natural History, including botany and ornithology. Includes 3 cards of mounted plants and ferns - American Blight, ferns from Gibraltar, bark samples and an unidentified plant from Lake Como. Includes printed matter by Herma

Official papers, deeds and documents relating to the purchase of the Hexham East Ferry by Sir Walter Blackett, and the construction of a bridge over the Tyne at Hexham. Features Joseph Dunn, John Glendinnings, William Harbottle, R Heron and Sir John Trevelyan. Also includes 2 bound volumes - "Hexham Bridge", being a collection of papers about the bridge, including a copy of the "Act for the building of the bridge, 1877". "Narrative of facts relating to Hexham Bridge", being a collection of press cuttings, 1767-1788

Letters and notes regarding hailstorms at Wallington and in Somerset, May 1808 and May 1815, and about damage at Wallington, May 11 1815. Includes correspondence from John Babbage, J Scowgull and W Dickinson.

Notes, sketches and papers on geology, including a manuscript copy of Walter's address on Bamburgh, read to the Natural History Society at Edinburgh, November 1822. Also includes two geological maps of Bamburgh and Budle Bay. Includes reference to Thomas

Manuscript notes and press cuttings regarding the meeting held in Cambridge, 1833

Copies of depositions in the Court of King's Bench relating to a dispute between Sir George Trevelyan of Nettlecombe and Sir Thomas Acland, June 29 1758. Also includes correspondence relating to the depositions, with reference to Jacob Bishop, James Coles

Legal documents relating to a case in the Court of Common Pleas, involving Capel Lofft, Mary Lofft, Thomas Littlewood Gleadowe, Harriet Gleadowe and Richard Harwood.

Entitled 'Encouragement to the temperate and prudential the substance of a report prepared for the Board of Health'.Letter of recommendation for Dr Robinson from J W Brown

Manuscript notes in Walter's hand. Includes a manuscript essay on 'uses of wine' by Michael Shaw.