√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'As a Manchester warehouse porter, Samuel Bamford found the same richness in Milton: "His 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseros... | Samuel Bamford | John Milton | L'Allegro | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'As a Manchester warehouse porter, Samuel Bamford found the same richness in Milton: "His 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseros... | Samuel Bamford | John Milton | Il Penseroso | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | Homer | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | Virgil | | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | William Shakespeare | | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | [the great poets] | | Print: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | | [classic histories] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | | [voyages] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ... | Samuel Bamford | William Cobbett | Political Register | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | John Bunyan | Pilgrim's Progress | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | | [The New Testament] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | | [tale of Robin Hood] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | | Jack the Giant Killer | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | | [Story of St George and the Dragon] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated r... | Samuel Bamford | Richard Johnson | The History of The Seven Champions | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | ?The first book which attracted my particular notice was "The Pilgrim?s Progress", with rude woodcuts; it excited my c... | Samuel Bamford | John Bunyan | Pilgrim's Progress | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | ??now, being able to read, I had almost continually the Testament in my hand. I had all the wondrous accounts in the R... | Samuel Bamford | [n/a] | New Testament | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Histories of Jack the Giant Killer | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Saint George and the Dragon | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Tom Hickathrift | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Jack and the Bean Stalk | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | History of the Seven Champions | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Fair Rosamond | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | History of Friar Bacon | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Account of the Lancashire witches | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | The witches of the woodlands | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Robin Hood's Songs | Print: Book, Broadsheet |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spaciou... | Samuel Bamford | anon | The Ballad of Chevy Chase | Print: Book, Broadsheet |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | ?At length, "Robinson Crusoe" ? that ever-exciting day dream of boys ? fell in our way. I read it to him, as I had don... | Samuel Bamford | Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '...with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fi... | Samuel Bamford | John Wesley | Journals | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | [n/a] | The Armenian Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | anon | An account of the Inquisition in Spain | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | anon | The Drummer of Tedworth | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | anon | Some account of the disturbances at Glenluce | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | anon | An account of the Apparition of the Laird of Cool | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | [unknown] | The History of England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?About this time I was delighted by the acquisition of two books, the existence of which, until then, had been unknown... | Samuel Bamford | Homer | Iliad | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?About this time I was delighted by the acquisition of two books, the existence of which, until then, had been unknown... | Samuel Bamford | John Milton | [miscellaneous poems] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?Whilst in Mr W?s employ, I combined my poetic readings at all leisure moments. I procured and read speedily a complet... | Samuel Bamford | Homer | Iliad | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?Whilst in Mr W?s employ, I combined my poetic readings at all leisure moments. I procured and read speedily a complet... | Samuel Bamford | William Shakespeare | [works] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?Milton?s miscellaneous works were still my favourites. I copied many of his poems into a writing book, and this I did... | Samuel Bamford | John Milton | [miscellaneous works] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?Milton?s miscellaneous works were still my favourites. I copied many of his poems into a writing book, and this I did... | Samuel Bamford | Virgil | Aeneid | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | William Robertson | History of Scotland | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | Oliver Goldsmith | History of England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | Charles Rollin | Ancient history | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | David Hume | Decline and fall of the Roman empire | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | Anachaises | Travels in Greece | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '... I also enlarged my acquaintance with English literature, read Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", and, as a consequen... | Samuel Bamford | Samuel Johnson | Lives of the poets | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '... I also enlarged my acquaintance with English literature, read Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", and, as a consequen... | Samuel Bamford | James Macpherson | Ossian | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '... I also enlarged my acquaintance with English literature, read Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", and, as a consequen... | Samuel Bamford | Lindley Murray | Murray's Grammar | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", an... | Samuel Bamford | William Cobbett | Cobbett's Weekly Register | Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | ??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listen... | Samuel Bamford | William Cobbett | Weekly Register | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | ??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listen... | Samuel Bamford | William Hone | [political pamphlets] | |
| 1800-1849 | ?As spring and autumn were our only really busy seasons, I had occasionally , during other parts of the year, consider... | Samuel Bamford | [unknown] | [works on travel and antiquities] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | anon | [superstitious doctoring book] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was fin... | Samuel Bamford | Edward Cocker | Cocker's Arithmetic, being a Plain and Easy Method of 1678 | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?Milton?s miscellaneous works were still my favourites. I copied many of his poems into a writing book, and this I did... | Samuel Bamford | Homer | Odyssey | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", an... | Samuel Bamford | William Cobbett | [writings] | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Samuel Bamford, warehouseman to a cloth printer in Manchester at the beginning of the [nineteenth] century, was able ... | Samuel Bamford | | | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 1800-1849 | 'Samuel Bamford never forgot the sensation of reading a volume of [...] [Robert Burns's] life and writings whilst wor... | Samuel Bamford | Robert Burns | volume containing life and writings of Burns | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Gaskell tells John Forster of Samuel Bamford who knows many of Tennyson's poems by heart and recites them, but does n... | Samuel Bamford | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Oenone | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Gaskell tells John Forster of Samuel Bamford who knows many of Tennyson's poems by heart and recites them, but does n... | Samuel Bamford | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | 'Sleeping Beauty, The' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Gaskell describes handing over the gift of a signed copy of Tennyson's poems to Samuel Bamford] 'I said, 'Look at the... | Samuel Bamford | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | 'Sleeping Beauty, The' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Gaskell to John Forster, on presentation of inscribed copy of Tennyson's poems to Samuel Bamford, 7 December... | Samuel Bamford | Alfred Tennyson | Poems | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Gaskell to John Forster, on presentation of inscribed copy of Tennyson's poems to Samuel Bamford, 7 December... | Samuel Bamford | Alfred Tennyson | 'The Sleeping Beauty' | Print: Book |