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Total number of records: 138

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items135
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Cookery Collection6
Brotherton Collection4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
Herbert Read Collection2
Leeds Russian Archive2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
country homes138
architecture, domestic31
manors28
historic buildings26
manners and customs13
country life9
castles7
nobility7
interior decoration6
dwellings5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England48
Great Britain22
Ireland7
Scotland5
Angleterre3
Gloucestershire (England)3
North Yorkshire (England)2
Aynho (England)1
Beer (England)1
Bignor (Sussex, England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)120
Harris, John (1931-)6
National Trust (Great Britain)5
Waterson, Edward5
Cornforth, John (1937-)4
Girouard, Mark (1931-)4
Jackson-Stops, Gervase4
Meadows, Peter (1958-)4
Wilson, C Anne4
Kingsley, Nicholas3

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From 17001
From 18006
From 1900108
From 200023

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18997
Up to 1999108
Up to latest23

Archive Collection

Eshton Hall Estate Archive

Eshton Hall

1784-1891

The collection comprises mainly financial records of the Eshton Hall Estate, near Skipton, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire belonging to the Wilson and Richardson-Currer families. The papers exten...

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Particulars of the Hornby Estate, the property of His Grace the Duke of Leeds, as corrected and made out by Thos. Bradley, 1823

Bradley, Thomas

1823

Includes records of property at Arrathorne, Brompton, Catterick, East Appleton, Hackforth, Langthorne and West Appleton; also, names of tenants and notes on the current agricultural use of the land

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Catalogue of the library at Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, March 7, 1833, made by John Ray, Bookseller, Barnsley

Ray, John

1833

Contains an inventory of the books kept in different rooms at Cannon Hall

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The English country house

Peill, James; Fennell, James; Fellowes, Julian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2013

Includes bibliographical references.

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The English country house : a grand tour

Jackson-Stops, Gervase; Pipkin, James (1939-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1985]

Includes index.

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The gentleman's country house and its plan, 1835-1914

Franklin, Jill; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1981

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.

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The country house kitchen garden, 1600-1950 : how produce was grown and how it was used

Wilson, C Anne; Wilson, C Anne

[1998]

"Based on papers from the tenth Leeds Symposium on Food History, April 1995, with additional chapters. This is the ninth volume in the 'Food and society' series, previously published by Edinburgh Univ...

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The architect and the British country house, 1620-1920

Harris, John (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Octagon (Washington, D.C.)

1985

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The architect and the British country house, at the Octagon, Washington, D.C., in November 1985"--Title page verso.

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The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting

Jackson-Stops, Gervase; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

1985

Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986.

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English and Scottish wrought ironwork : a series of examples of English ironwork of the best periods, together with most of the examples now existing in Scotland with descriptive text (oversize)

Murphy, Bailey Scott (1876-1914); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); White, William Henry (1862-1949)

MCMIV [1904]

With a half title. With a printed list of subscribers.

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Traditional country house cooking

Jaine, Tom; Hope, Annette; Stead, Jennifer; Rosse, Alison; Wilson, C Anne; Wilson, C Anne

1993

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Robert Smythson & the Elizabethan country house

Girouard, Mark (1931-); Girouard, Mark (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1983

Updated edition of: Robert Smythson and the architecture of the Elizabethan era. 1967. Facsimiles on endpapers.

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