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Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Archive File: LAVC/SRP/1/030

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Level: File

Classmark: LAVC/SRP/1/030

Creator(s): Langhorne, Richard

Site Location(s): Subject - East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.9167, -0.5 ); Subject - North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.1977, -1.39387 ); Subject - South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.45, -1.25 ); Subject - West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7, -1.58333 )

Date(s): 1971

Size and medium: xvii, 489 unbound typed leaves; 147 b/w plates; 5 maps. 3 files.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/409926

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the museums of Yorkshire.


The thesis is divided into three sections, the first covering aspects of rural life (agricultural activities, tools and equipment, domestic crafts and occupations), the second, aspects of industrial life (the wool textile and cutlery industries), the third, customs and recreations (Plough Monday, Bishop Blaize, Midsummer's Eve, Riding the Stang, Knur and Spell). In addition to conclusions on the above, the thesis includes a general conclusion with comments on Yorkshire museums and Yorkshire folk life. An appendix includes illustrations and comments by Walker not included in the main text.


The black and white plates, pasted to sheets of paper, are a selection of images taken from Walker's book, and photographs of artefacts displayed in a number of Yorkshire museums.

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The theses and dissertations in this subfonds are available for consultation in the searchroom of Special Collections, University of Leeds, by all bona fide researchers. Conditions relating to access and use have, in a number of cases, been applied to particular items by individual depositors. These are noted within the relevant individual records.

Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

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