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A photograph album containing 96 carte de visite sized portraits, many of which are undergraduates (1873-1876).

Bell Lane is now known as Northampton Street.

BBC 1 Documentary 'Going Up': a personal look at being a new boy in a old University by Sir Antony Jay.
Produced for BBC TV by Ramsay Short.
Shown on BBC 1 on 31 August 1976.
Duration: 49.35 minutes
Footage: 4648 on 35 mm
Accompanying script: 20 pages (the marked portions were for re-transmission in another programme in 1979).

Antony Jay chose Magdalene as the location for his film since he was himself an undergraduate here (Matric. 1948), but unfortunately scenes from the St John's May Ball were misleadingly tagged on to the end.
Apart from the Master, the following Fellows appeared: D.W. Babbage, R.F. Bennett, N. Boyle, T.E.B. Howarth.
The Porter with the lines was Cyril Plumb, towards the end of his 51 years in the job.

The film focussed on three undergraduates 'coming up' as freshmen in October 1975:
M.C. Allen, J.P.C. Rham and N.S.W. Williams, chosen to represent three different types of school: public school (Allen), independent day school (Williams), and comprehensive (Rham); and reading Mathematics, History and Modern Languages respectively.
The Governing Body accepted the film as on the whole a fair representation.

Video copy made in 2000 by Clerk of Works.

Received of the Revd Mr Hodgson Bursar of Magdalene College the sum of two shillings and six pence in full for the Bachelors Commencement 1778

By me John Marshall

The collection contains some of Simon Barrington-Ward's letters, articles, sermons, and Christmas cards (sent to Ronald Hyam). There is a file about his appointment as Bishop of Coventry and a biographical file which includes his obituary.

Parties: (1) William Curtis and Richard Johnson (2) Edward Stearn and John Stearn

Copy of a bargain and sale of 40 acres of land at Quy.

Parties: (1) Robert Lawrence (2) William Curtis and Richard Johnson

Copy of a bargain and sale of 40 acres of land at Quy.

Parties: (1) William Green and his wife and Henry Culpey (2) Robert Lawrence

Copy of a bargain and sale of 10 acres of land in Quy and Little Wilbraham. A terrier of the lands is included.

Parties: (1) Thomas and Mary Cooke, John and Florence Smyth, Thomas and Agnes Whiting and John Gallye (2) John Carowe.

Copy of a bargain and sale for 10 acres in Stow Cum Quy and Wilbraham.

Parties: (1) William Haven and Thomas Pilkington (2) Lady Anne Wray (widow of Sir Christopher Wray)

Bargain and sale of a messuage, cottage, toftstead, and 25 acres of land in Saltfleet and Skidbrooke.

Bargain and sale (enrolled in Chancery) from Edward Lucas to Henry Harvey of the Advowson of the Rectory of Long Stanton St Michael.

Parties: (1) Christopher Seamen (2) Thomas Seamen and William Seamen

Parties: (1) Edward Breese (2) George Pickering

Bargain and sale of the messuage at Longstanton on the condition that he should pay the purchase money.