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Total number of records: 158

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Archives156
Books and printed items2

Count of Collection group

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture154
Brotherton Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2

Count of Subject

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architecture1
clock and watch makers1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England158
Lancashire158
Bickerstaffe11
Cartmel11
Coniston11
Dolphinholme11
Eccleston11
Fleetwood11
Halewood11
Harwood11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)121
Wright, Peter33
Wright, William11
Morris, Miss Polly10
Wade, Jim10
Halton, Tom8
Berry, Dick7
Boss7
Isherwood, Joe7
Jackson, William7

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Biographical list of clockmakers : North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680-1900

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); University of Lancaster. Centre for North-West Regional Studies

1996

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Coniston Response Book - 5La1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Jun 1954 - 19 Jun 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Marshside Response Book - 5La10

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Apr 1954 - 14 Apr 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Eccleston Response Book - 5La11

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

20 Mar 1954 - 26 Mar 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Harwood Response Book - 5La12

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

16 Feb 1954 - 9 Mar 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13
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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 Jun 1955 - 1 Jul 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Halewood Response Book - 5La14
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Halewood Response Book - 5La14

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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A." Mossycoat," as told by Taimi Boswell

1915

Handwritten account of tale" Mossycoat" as " told by Taimi Boswell at Oswal[d]twistle, 9/1/1915."

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H. Tales from Taimi Boswell

Jan/1915

6 handwritten accounts of tales and summary of another told by Taimi Boswell. Collected Oswaldtwistle, Jan/1915. [Many dated]. 1)The clever little taylor 2) Fairies down the lane 3)Lousy Jacj and ...

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Cartmel Response Book - 5La2

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 May 1954 - 3 Jun 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Yealand Response Book - 5La3
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Yealand Response Book - 5La3

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

20 Apr 1955 - 25 Apr 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Dolphinholme Response Book - 5La4

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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