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Total number of records: 59

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items56
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
Brotherton Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs6
intellectual life4
classical antiquities3
clothing and dress3
costume3
libraries3
social environment3
agriculture2
buildings2
country homes2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England59
Wales27
London (England)8
Great Britain4
London2
Angleterre1
Grande-Bretagne1
Hertfordshire1
Isle of Man1
King'S Cross (London, England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)17
Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815)3
Bingley, James2
Dower, John2
Dower, John (Fl. 1838-1846?-)2
Gent, Thomas (1693-1778)2
Moule, Thomas (1784-1851)2
Schmollinger, W2
York Minster2
Antique Collectors' Club1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17002
From 180036
From 190015
From 20006

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 189936
Up to 199915
Up to latest6

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London heritage : the changing style of a city

Jenner, Michael; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (page 249).

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The changing English countryside, 1400-1700

Cantor, Leonard M (1927-2015); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1987

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Change at King's Cross : from 1800 to the present

Hunter, Michael Cyril William; Thorne, Robert (Architectural historian); Biddle, Gordon; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1990

Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.

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Change for the American notes : in letters from London to New York

Wood, Henry Yorkshire journalist

1843

A criticism of English customs, etc., called forth by Dickens' "American notes".

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The trip to England

Winter, William (1836-1917); Jefferson, Joseph (1829-1905)

1881

"First published in the New York tribune... now reprinted with a few changes and additions."--Pref.

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Jenkinson (A, Stephen). Letter to Miss Marian Wood

22/04/1941

Typed and signed letter referencing changes to Gypsy and Traveller lives during wartime and reference to relatives of Gypsy Lee of Brighton, resident on his caravan site.

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Interview, Mark Deuze, Leeds, May, 2006

Feb 2006 - May 2006

Correspondence concerning an interview of Zygmunt Bauman by Mark Deuze as part of a journal "Changing nature of work in liquid modern times" in May 2006 at Bauman's home in Leeds. (29-30 May 2006, In...

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Life in Georgian England

Williams, E Neville; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1962]

Covers chiefly the 18th century from the reign of George 1st and ends with the rapidly changing world of the 1870s. Includes bibliographical references.

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English furniture, 1660-1714 : from Charles II to Queen Anne

Bowett, Adam (Furniture historian); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Antique Collectors' Club

[2002]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

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Fabric of the hills : the interwoven story of textiles and the landscape of the South Pennines

Pridmore, Elizabeth Jane

[1989]

In the beginning... geological origins and rural traditions of the Pennines.--Domestic calm before industrial storm ... the domestic textile industry.--Early mills and improved machines ... from weave...

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Ronague Response Book - 6aMan2
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Notes [Ronague Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

3 Nov 1959 - 6 Nov 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality.

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Kirkstall matters : the magazine of the Kirkstall Village Community Association

Kirkstall Village Community Association; Kirkstall Valley Community Association

1978-

April, July 1980; winter 1980-Christmas 1981; no.13-16 (spring 1982-winter 1982/3); 19-21 (autumn 1983-spring 1984) Kirkstall Village Community Association changed its name to Kirkstall Valley Commun...

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