AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION: HISTORIC COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE

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The collection was started by the late Derrick Riley (D.N.Riley), under the auspices of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society's Aerial Archaeology Committee. Most photographs by Derek Riley, with some from other sources e.g. J Pickering, A Pacitto and Cambridge University.


There are 49 cardboard boxes labelled 0-43, including 2A, 2B, 4A, 21A, 35A. There are two A4 envelopes not in the boxes. Contains black and white, mainly oblique aerial photographs, some mounted on card. There are a small number of vertical photographs.


The photographs are ordered according to NGR grid reference, first by NGR 10km prefix on box label e.g. SE 02, then by 1km square e.g. SE 0122 on envelope label. The photographs are ordered according to NGR grid reference, first by NGR 10km prefix on box label e.g. SE 02, then by 1km square e.g. SE 0122 on envelope label. The area covered is the historic county of Yorkshire, prior to 1977 boundary changes, prefix NGRs SE, SD, SK, TA and NZ. One additional box contains photographs selected for the publication D.N. Riley (Ed) 1988, Yorkshire's Past from the AIr. Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 1-85075-130-7.


There are seven photographers or sources of photographs. On the death of individuals, the copyright is administered by other institutions. Photographs may be used for individual's research, but if reproducing photographs in publications, or on the Web, please contact copyright holders for permissions and acknowledgment statements.

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Biography or history

Derrick Newton Riley was born in Matlock in Derbyshire in 1915. He developed an interest in archaeological aerial photography during his time in the Royal Air Force. At the age of 52 he then started a career in archaeology, undertaking pioneering programmes of aerial photography.


After he was demobbed from the R.A.F. in 1945, Riley went to work at British Steel. During these years he obtained a private pilots licence. Then in 1977 he took early retirement and returned to aerial archaeology. He joined the Faculty of Archaeology at Sheffield University and in 1981 received an honorary Ph.D. Riley died in 1993.

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Derrick Riley, J Pickering and Air Ministry: administered by Historic England. A L Pacitto: The Yorkshire Archaelogical Society Aerial Archaeology Committee hold the copyright. Please acknowledge any reproduction of photographs in personal research, or for publication, or on the Web, with the statement: 'Photograph by A. L. Pacitto' Cambridge University, or J K St Joseph: The Photographic Librarian, CUCAP Library, Dept. of Geography, University of Cambridge. WYMCC: Photographs taken by Bob Yarwood for West Yorkshire Archaeology Service are part of the West Yorkshire Historic Environment Record and copyright is held and administered by West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service.

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