[from Cubbon - Bibliography, Vol 1, 1933]

F 73 CASTLETOWN.

Account of Castle Rushin. In Lady's Mag. c. 1790. View of Castle Rushen. [3742]

Castletown in 1798. In Feltham's Tour, Mx Soc. vi, 235-43.

NIELD (James). On Castle Rushen as a Prison. In Gent's Mag. Dec. 1810, pp. 514-7. [5053]

Commission of appointment by John Duke of Atholl of John Kelly to be a Special Constable. Given at Castle Mona, 17th Dec., 1821. Phoenix Press. 210x330. [6337, H 398]
The paper used is Manx-made, with the watermark WW, the three-leg design, and date 1821.

Plan of Castletown, made by John Wood, Surveyor, of Edinburgh. 1833.

Instructions for the Turnkeys of Castle Rushen Gaol. Douglas: P. Curphey. 1850. pp. 4. 225x140. [4869]

Castletown Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company. Account of a public meeting held in Castletown, at which this company was decided to be formed. 1853. p. 1. 180x116. [4725]
In 1860 the company was in difficulties, and a call was made upon the shareholders of 10/- a share.

Hymn Sheet: St. Mary's Chapel, Castletown, Sunday. 16th July, 1854, in aid of the funds of the National Schools. Castletown : Backwell. 334x209. [6470, F 73]

St. Mary's, Castletown.: list of the Chaplains. In Mx Soc. vol. xxix, pp. 130-1. 1879.

Castletown and district. In Thwaite's History, 1863, pp. 217-252. In Brown's Directory, 1882, 1894. pp. 549- 572.

WAUGH (Edwin). Guide to Castletown, Port Erin and adjacent parts of the Isle of Man. Manchester. 1869.

Castletown Harbour: Report of a Committee of Tynwald on a plan for its improvement. B. & S. 1870. pp. 12. 240x154.

Castletown Poor Relief Fund : report, etc., for 1875. M. J. Backwell. pp. 4. 280x200. [6313, B 92]

The Form of Service to be used at the Consecration of the Chapel of King William's College, 1879. Douglas. 12mo. pp. 12.

Castle Rushen : its history and legends. B. & S. N.D. [c. 1880] pp. 22. Woodcut of tower entrance. 162x100. [3373]
Photo of the Elizabethan clock.

FLAXNEY (Stowell). The Bells of St. Mary's: a poem; presented to the subscribers to the Castletown Temperance Society. M. J. Backwell. N.D. [c. 1880] p. 1. 203x130.

Form of Service (according to the Church of England) used in Castle Rushen Prison. N.D. [c. 1880] pp. 4. 210x170.

Extension of the Boundaries of Castletown : Report of Committee of Tynwald, dated 12th July, 1882. B. & S. pp. 4. 250x155. [6123, D 152]

Industrial and Loan Exhibition, Castletown, 1883. S.K.B. pp. 50. 150x120. 3d. [6294, F 73]

Prospectus of the Industrial and Loan Exhibition, Castletown, 1883. B. & S. Broadside. 430x340. [6294, F73]

TALBOT (Rev. Theophilus). Castletown : an alleged Station of the Romans in the First Century. In Manx Sun. 31st May, 1883. [4142]

DODD (Kate). Descriptive Guide to St. Michael's Island, Derbyhaven, &c. Castletown : M. J. Backwell. N.D. [c. 1888] pp. 23. 180x118. [5043, vol. ii]

Castletown Water-works: Report of Committee of Tynwald on, with minutes of evidence; dated 17th May, 1888. B. & S. pp. 8. 330x210. [F 73]

Castle Rushen Prison: Chief Warder Goddard's 'Locking-up' Reports from 20th to 31st December, 1889. pp. 12. 210x165.

St. Mary's, Castletown : Extracts from the Vestry Minute Book. In Mx Church Mag. Sept. to Dec. 1891.

BROWN (Rev. T. E., M.A.). Castletown (a leaflet). B. & S. N.D. [1894] pp. 4. View of the bay. 200x140.- [4103]

JEFFCOTT (J. M.). Castle Rushen. Manchester Guardian Printing Office. N.D. [c. 1893] pp. 16. Litho. plan by F. L. Heslop. 176x122.

Memorandum by the Governor on the application of Castletown Town Commissioners to borrow £1,000 to widen the Back Green, etc. 12th March, 1894. B. & S. pp. 2. 330x210. [6124, D 152]

Report of Committee of Tynwald to consider petitions from the Castletown Town Commissioners. 10th April, 1894. B. & S. pp. 5. 330x210. [6124, D 152]

A proposal to make a new public road through the Bowling Green estate.

Castletown Town Commissioners : statement of accounts for year to 31st March, 1895. M. J. Backwell. pp. 3. 296x230. [5973]

Castle Rushen, its history and legends. Birmingham Munns & Allen. N.D. [c. 1895] pp. 21. 160x100. [4820]

Metropolitan Regatta in Castletown Bay, 7th Sept., 1899. Programme. Backwell. pp. 4. 255x190.

Mem. by Government Office on application of Castletown Commissioners for leave to borrow £350. 13th May, 1901. B. & 8. pp. 2. 330x210. [6126, D 152]

618 CASTLETOWN. F 73

STOWELL [Flaxney]. Castletown a Hundred Years Ago: introduction by Rev. Canon Kewley, M.A. Douglas Cubbon &Lightfoot. 1902. pp. 76: 190x124. [911]

Portrait of the author and three sketches by F. Stowell, junr.

The Royal Castle of Rushen, its history and legends, with a note on the discoveries made by Governor Raglan. Douglas: Cubbon & Lightfoot. N.D. [C. 1905] pp. 18. 180x120. ld.

Views of Castle Rushen. N.D. [1910] pp. 9. 115x175. [1482]

Castletown : Report of L.G.B. on application of Castle- town Town Commissioners for leave to borrow £3,000 on new Sewerage works. May 1911. B. & S. pp. 2. 330x210. [6131, D 152]

View of Lorn House, Castletown. 1920. pp. 7. 136x225. [1788]

Castletown in 1511. In Man. Roll. pp. 12-17. 1924.

DOUGLAS (Joseph Edward). Castle Rushen : illus. from drawings by E. C. Quayle. B. & S. 1925. pp. 27. 180x123. 4d.
This is the first guide book made at the instance of the Government. It has a reproduction of Fane's plan of the Castle made in 1745.

RALFE [Pilcher George]. Parish Church of St. Mary, Castletown. M. J. Backwell. 1926. pp. 53. Illus. 217x140. [5376]

KNEEN (J. J., M.A.). Place-names in Castletown and district. In P. N. pp. 89 et seq. 1926.

RIGBY (Armitage, F.R.I.B.A.). Castle Rushen : a historical and descriptive account. Douglas : Victoria Press. 1927. pp. 79. 255x202. [5692]
16 full page plates ; initial and tail pieces by A. Knox. The standard work on Castle Rushen : the author co operated with Governor Raglan for several years in the restoration of the Castle.

RALFE (Pilcher George). Old Castletown : a paper read before the Isle of Man Nat. Hist. and Ant. Soc. 30th June, 1927. In Examiner. [5686]

Some Notes on Old Castletown, by Pilcher George Ralfe. In Proc. iii, 208-217. 1927. [A 363]

Discovery of a Deposit of Bones in the Raised Beach at Castletown, by Rev. E. H. Stenning, M.A. In Proc. iii, 234-8. 1927. [A 363]

Report . . . on the application of the Commissioners of the Village District of Port Erin for leave to purchase land for constructing a Promenade. (To Tynwald.) In Debates xlvi. 1928. pp. 4. 240x180. [5945]

There is in MS. in the Library a Return of the Names and Addresses of the Inhabitants of Castletown in the 18th Century.

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