Newsletter Back Issues All Issues of the Family Newsletter are available from 1995 onwards (original, not photocopied). See Journals for a list of the contents of each issue. Newsletter Issues 1 to 10 are sold at the reduced price of £1.50 per copy. All subsequent copies are priced at £2.50 per copy. Both prices include packing […]
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Seal Ring – Badge of Lord Lingfield, 2010
18ct Gold and Intaglio Carnelian seal ring badge belonging to Lord Lingfield, 2010
Mourning Pin – Richard Balchin (1832)
Mourning pin for the death of Richard Balchin aged 62 (1832)
Victorian Cameo Picture
A Victorian cameo of Miss Mary Balchin (1815-1851) daughter of Captain Joseph Moss Balchin and wife of John White (1810-1859) of Dorking, Surrey. John and Mary were married in 1836.
Academic Books
Two works covering different sciences.
Campaign and War Medals
A collection of medals from conflicts around the world.
Balchin Bomb Lance
Edmund Balchin [1825-88] was a gunsmith at 74 Mytongate, Hull. In 1859 he developed and patented the exploding harpoon (Balchin Bomb Lance) which terminated the life of a whale much more quickly than by previous methods thereby reducing its suffering, and making life safer and easier for the sailors. Hull Maritime Museum currently hold 4 […]
Edmund Balchin – 12-Gauge Double Barrelled Shotgun Circa 1850
Edmund Balchin Gunmaker of Hull – Shotgun A series of photographs of one of Edmund’s shotguns: a 12-gauge Damascus barrelled, side by side, hammer shotgun circa 1850. This is an under leaver, double hammer and double trigger, 12-g Nitro Proof shotgun. It has detailed engraving around the fore grip and action. Has a 30” barrel with […]
Parliamentary Notice for the Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway 1859-60
Copy of the Parliamentary Notice for the 1859-60 Session concerning the Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway. The application is for land to build a line from Mid-Sussex Railway to Godalming Branch of the London South Western Railway and also the working arrangements and running powers with existing railways. The land was owned by George and Mary Clutterdew […]
Nigel Marlin Balchin Novels
A collection of novels by Nigel Marlin Balchin. Books written by Nigel Balchin include:- ‘No Sky’ (1934); ‘Simple Life’ (1935); ‘Lightbody on Liberty’ (1936); ‘Darkness Falls From The Air’ (1942); ‘The Small Black Room’ (1943); ‘Mine Own Executioner’ (1945); ‘Lord, I Was Afraid’ (1947); ‘The Borgia Testament’ (1948); ‘A Sort of Traitors’ (1949) (made into film ‘Suspect’); ‘The Anatomy […]