Book - "Birthday Register" owned by Mary Johnston (nee Clifton)

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Ward, Lock & Co

c. 1880 - 1889

Subcollections

Overview

small blue bound hardback cover with gold text. Pages of typed text and handwritten special occasions with dates and names

Historical information

Ebenezer Ward and George Lock founded Ward, Lock & Co, a publishing house in the United Kingdom that started as a partnership and developed until it was eventually absorbed into the publishing combine of Orion Publishing Group.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2026.095

Item type

Books (Statistical)

Themes

People

Material

Paper

Inscriptions and markings

Front cover: "The Child's Own Textbook and Birthday Register"

Contextual information

Owned by Mrs Mary Johnston (nee Clifton), inside this booklet are approximately 42 handwritten notes of birthdays, marriages, deaths of her family and friends.

Keywords

Birthday Book

Place made

London, England, United Kingdom

Year

c. 1880 - 1889

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Saturday, 4 July, 2026