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Total number of records: 519

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architecture519
buildings519
agriculture305
occupations274
dwellings266
nature174
quarries and quarrying159
animals143
culture137
community life91

Top 10: People and organisations

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)137
Brunk, Wille58
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)55
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)39
Barry, Michael V (1935-)17
Voitl, Herbert12
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Kylstra, Henk E7
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Shaw, David H5

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Conistone Survey of Vernacular Architecture

1971

This file contains items relating to a survey of vernacular architecture around Conistone( Wharfedale), undertaken by students on the Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life and Loc...

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Wooden Staircase
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Wooden Staircase

[1970s]

Open wooden staircase inside a modern dwelling house at an unidentified location.

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A Survey of Urban Terrace Housing in Harehills, Leeds

Shirley, Lindsey

1975

A factual survey of the external features of the houses and gardens within part of the Harehills area of north-east Leeds . In addition to collecting and documenting this survey material, further fiel...

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Traditional Houses, Rasinari (Romania)
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Traditional Houses, Rasinari (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Row of traditional houses in Rasinari, a Romanian shepherds' village. The houses included a courtyard and usually a gallery, with examples of this kind of dwelling still being built in the 1960s. Man ...

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Traditional House, Rasinari (Romania)
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Traditional House, Rasinari (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Traditional house in Rasinari, a Romanian shepherds' village. The house is one of the oldest buildings in the village. It is a timber construction which has been plastered over on the floor level. Mou...

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Thatched Roof with Heather Ropes, Isle of Skye
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Thatched Roof with Heather Ropes, Isle of Skye

Chapman, John

1975

Detail of thatched roof of crofter's blackhouse on the Isle of Skye, tied down with heather ropes and weighted by boulders. The building has been restored and is in use as part of the Skye Museum of I...

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Thatched Roof with Heather Ropes, Isle of Skye

Chapman, John

1975

Detail of heather ropes tying down the thatched roof of a crofter's blackhouse on the Isle of Skye. The building has been restored and is in use as part of the Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir, Isl...

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Clocktower at Cleveland House Farm
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Clocktower at Cleveland House Farm

Brunk, Wille

January 1967

Brick clocktower above the entrance to the farmyard at Cleveland House Farm, Hutton Gate (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0166. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the ...

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South Dolly Flat Lathe
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South Dolly Flat Lathe

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Stone-built South Dolly Flat lathe, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0197.

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South Dolly Flat Lathe
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South Dolly Flat Lathe

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

View of stone-built South Dolly Flat lathe, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0196.

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Stone Barn

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Stone-built barn in an unidentified Dales location, probably near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0199.

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North Dolly Flat Lathe
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North Dolly Flat Lathe

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Stone-built North Dolly Flat lathe, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0198.

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