Wombwell Collection

Wombwells Poster
A poster from Bostock and Wombwells circus, featuring Madame Jumbo, performing horses and various other beasts, birds and reptiles. Date: Late 19th century

Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lion
Bonzo a remarkable performing Sea Lion at Bostock and Wombwells Travelling Circus - pictures with trainer Zetta Hills Date: circa 1926

Jeremiah or George Wombwell (1777 - 1850), English zoo owner, who achieved fame and fortune with Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, pictured shortly before his death. Date: 1850

Main Colliery, Wombwell

Wombwell Midland Railway Station early 1900s

Wath Road, Wombwell

Wombwell Wath Road early 1900s

Midland Railway Station, Wombwell

High Street, Wombwell

Great Central Railway Station, Wombwell

Wombwell High Street early 1900s

Barnsley Road, Wombwell

Wombwell Great Central Railway Station early 1900s

Wombwell Barnsley Road early 1900s

Wombwell Main Colliery

Wombwell Main Colliery early 1900s

Bruin Alex the Bear, Wombwells Menagerie. Date: circa 1910s

The Sale of the Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie 1884

Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died

Lung Hill Colliery 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, shortly after the tragedy were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - rushing to scene 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, relatives rushing to the scene of the explosion. Date: February 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - resuing the survivors 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, resuing the survivors, were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857

Great Central Railway Accident, Wombwell, Barnsley, England
Great Central Railway Accident, Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1911

Sir George Wombwell
SIR GEORGE WOMBWELL no the menagerie proprietor but a man-about-town. with his autograph Date: 1792 - 1855

George Wombwell
GEORGE WOMBWELL menagerie proprietor Date: 1778 - 1850

Wombwells Royal National Menagerie
A printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal National Menagerie dated c.1800

Wombwells Royal National Zoological Establishment

Wombwells Royal Menagerie, 1853
A printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal Mengarie visiting Leeds in 1853

People at the fair, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Crowds of people milling around at the fair, on land adjacent to the New Bridge in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Female Type / Wombwell 19C
An elegant Victorian woman in a lacy dress: Mrs Wombwell

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