Additional Resources

Hansard

• First sitting in the Tynwald chambers in Douglas - Thursday, December 20, 1894
• Debate in 1908 for improvements to Chambers
• Special sitting of Tynwald called 20th December 1994 to celebrate the centenary of the legislative use of the Tynwald chamber - Tuesday, 20th December 1994

Figures and Images

• John Robinson: Isle of Man Manx Notebook
• James Cowle
• Bank of Mona: General history of Banking in the Isle of Man, from The Scottish Bankers Magazine, April 1917
• The Wedding Cake in photos: https://www.imuseum.im/

Refurbishment

• Refurbishment and extension to central government building - photos from Ellis Brown Architects
• Photos during the renovations from Culture Vannin

Tynwald Chambers Today

• Inside the Chamber
• Walk around Legislative Buildings using our online tour

• Free tours of Tynwald are held every week starting in the foyer of Legislative Buildings - http://www.tynwald.org.im/visitor/

Further Reading

• A contemporaneous account of the movement of Courts and Tynwald to Douglas - Brown's Isle of Man Directory 1881/2
• A Centenary of the Tynwald Chamber - available from the Tynwald Library
• The Tynwald Guidebook - available from the Tynwald Gift Shop
• Folder of plans and photograph at the Manx Museum
   

Acknowledgements

The iMuseum Newspapers & Publications website can be used for free at the Henry Bloom Noble Library or Manx National Heritage Library and Archives.

Thanks to Jarrod Buckley for undertaking research on the building during a work placement at the Clerk of Tynwald's Office as part of his degree at the University of Huddersfield. ​​