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Total number of records: 31

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives27
Books and printed items3
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection28
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections26
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Count of Subject

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english poetry1
folklore1
gypsies1
hadrian's wall (england)1
traditional societies1

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PlaceCount
Cumbria31
England27
Appleby15
Brough6
Carlisle1
Derbyshire1
France1
Germany1
Langthwaite; Arkengarthdale; Yorkshire North Riding1
Lincolnshire1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bragg, Melvyn2
Bragg, Melvyn (1939-)2
Mcgrigor Phillips, Noel2
Woods Family2
Alfred C Phillips1
Bataillard, Paul (1816-)1
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)1
Boswell Family1
Davies, Hunter (1936-)1
De Gubernatis, E F1

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From 18003
From 190026
From 20001

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Up to 199929
Up to latest1

Archive Collection

T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

Thompson, Thomas William

c.1890 -1964

Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...

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Archive Sub-sub-collection

Hutton Langthwaite deed

[Mid 14th century]

[The place name is not identified for certain as this Langthwaite; it could perhaps refer to a vill in the parish of Ireby, Cumberland]

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Archive File

National Council for Civil Liberties, Letter to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

09/02/1940

Typed, and signed by the Secretary, Ronald Kidd to Mrs McGrigor Phillips regarding her enquiry about "interference with Brough Hill Fair."

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Archive File

Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una) Letter to the Editor of The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald.

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

05/02/1940

Two typed carbon copies enquiring about the reason for the closure of Brough Hill Fair during wartime.

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Archive File

Sarginson (Thomas), Letter to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

11/11/1939

Typed and signed letter from T. Sarginson. [Personal letter] on letterhead of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, (14-15 King Street, Penrith) discussing the closure of Brough Hill Fair during war...

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Archive Object File

Ring with minature portrait of King Edward VIII

1936

Small ring with a glazed minature portrait of King Edward VIII [also Duke of Windsor] .

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Archive File

Feb, 2002, Cumbria

Jan 2002 - Feb 2002

Zygmunt Bauman's hotel reservation information with "Graythwaite Manor Hotel" for the dates 15-16 February 2002. (Possibly personal trip as opposed to professional, also includes polish correspondence...

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Archive Item

Photograph and negative of "Gypsies at Appleby Fair.1950."

Wood, G Bernard

1950

Photograph and negative of a woman and three children in the doorway of a caravan. On the reverse, in pencil is written, "Gypsies at Appleby Fair 1950."

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Archive Item

Photographs (2) of caravans at Appleby Hill Fair. 1939

1939

Two black and white photographs mounted on page from album, (once 20a and 20b). 1st photograph is of a girl sat on the steps of a caravan, (vardo). 2nd photograph is another caravan, (vardo).

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BC MS Rom 1/4/1/15
Archive Item

Photograph of women outside wagon [caravan] at Appleby Hill Fair. 1939

1939

Photograph of women outside caravan with caption, "Appleby Hill fair. Summer 1939. Photo by NP."

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Archive Item

Postcard photographs of Gypsies and Travellers at Appleby.1934

1934

4 postcard photographs mounted on 1 page from the album. Postcard 1 (23a) with caption that reads, "Gypsies on the sands Appleby waiting to leave the horse fair 1934." Postcard 2 (23b) with captio...

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