Edward Robinson

iBase ID

311886

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-G4-279-1

Title

Edward Robinson

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Edward Robinson

General notes

The bellman or Town crier in Burnley for 25 years. His job was to announce public news, advertise sales and proclaim the names of lost children. The appointment was held as a gift of the Towneley Family. Edward died in 1873.

This image was digitised and made available online by volunteers as part of the Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture project. If you want to tell us anything about it, or share it more widely, please use the Comment and Share buttons above. We make historic images from our collections freely available online for people to enjoy and use in personal research. We are also committed to protecting people's privacy and complying with copyright legislation.

• When most historic photographs of people were taken, consent to publish online was not explicitly granted by them.

• The copyright status of photographs is often hard to establish, particularly when the photographer is not known and there is uncertainty about when the photograph was taken.

If you have concerns about this image being published online, please contact us via the Enquire button above

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1873

Enter year in yyyy format

Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

This item includes these files

Image