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Total number of records: 531

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives473
Books and printed items58

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture473
Cookery Collection18
Brotherton Collection5
Herbert Read Collection2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
dwellings531
buildings474
architecture270
occupations215
culture191
agriculture183
nature180
animals162
community life121
quarries and quarrying94

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain11
England9
Bath (England)2
Ieper (Belgium)1
Ireland1
Little Hucklow (England)1
London (England)1
Northern Ireland1
Paris (France)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)103
Brunk, Wille58
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)41
Voitl, Herbert31
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)24
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)16
Mcnay, Ian10
Hartley, Dorothy9
Caunce, Stephen7
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)7

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18007
From 1900524

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18996
Up to 1999525

Archive Sub-sub-series

Settlement

[1950-1973]

This sub-subseries contains items relating to settlers and types of settlement. The items relate mostly to Ireland.

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Archive Series

A: Settlement and Dwelling

1859-1982

This series contains collected items intended for reference and research into human settlements and dwellings. The subject matter largely includes types of settlement, historic remains of settlements,...

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First Settlement and Colonisation

1950-1976

This subseries contains items relating to human settlement and the prehistoric and historic remains of settlements. It includes information on the history and remains of dwellings and religious settle...

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Temporary Dwellings

1972

This subseries, comprising one file, contains mounted cuttings from 'Country Life' magazine on dwellings made from upturned boats at Pett Level, East Sussex, and Loch Long, Dunbartonshire. (There is s...

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The Dwelling House

1966-1982

This subseries contains items relating to various aspects of the dwelling house and vernacular architecture, including types of houses and buildings, and interior architecture, fittings, equipment and...

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Archive File

A Survey of the Farm Houses and Their Yard Buildings in the Parish of Moretonhampstead, Devon

Denny, Elizabeth

1972

A survey of thirty-two farm houses and attached yard buildings which provides a description of the vernacular architecture of the parish of Moretonhampstead in Devon. The collector describes the area,...

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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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Examples of Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire

Wright, Fiona J

1980

A study of vernacular architecture in a Derbyshire parish containing the settlements of Dethick, Lea, Holloway and Lea Bridge. Sections cover methodology, a glossary of architectural terms, the backgr...

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Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle

Reader, Karen

1982

A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...

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Canal Culture: Life and Traditions on the Midlands Canal System

Douglas, Peter A

1965

A study of the work and play traditions of people living and working on canals, with particular reference to the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. Fieldwork was conducted in and around the villag...

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The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations, Past and Present

Babbidge, P A

1982

A dissertation which traces the evolution of a major commercial waterway, and describes the lives of the men who work, and have worked, on it (based on a number of fieldwork visits and interviews).

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Student Traditions at Leeds University

Edwards, Susan

1967

A study of student traditions at the University of Leeds, based on information collected from back copies of Leeds University's Students Union newspaper, 'Union News', and interviews with a former stu...

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