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Crosland Hill Quarry
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
The quarry face at Crosland Hill (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.
Dialect recording in Crossland Hill, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard
07 Jan 1954
[Side 1] Brook talks about work as quarryman, finding 'right' [= good] seam, stresses benefit of placement of crane to remove 'muck' without need for wagons, explains building of wall to hold 'muck' b...
Quarried Stone
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Quarried stone at Crosland Hill quarry (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.
Quarrymen
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two quarry workers standing at the entrance to a quarry shaft at an unidentified location.
Quarry Workers
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of quarry workers sorting and dressing excavated stone in a work shed at a quarry at an unidentified location.
Quarry Head
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of a view looking across a body of water towards the head of a quarry shaft and work sheds at an unidentified location. Hauling machinery(?), s...
Rudimentary treatise on the blasting and quarrying of stone for building and other purposes
Burgoyne, John Fox Sir, bart (1782-1871)
1849
Rubbing of the Piper's Stone
Piggott, Stuart
August 1968
Photograph of a rubbing of the Piper's Stone at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Ford (Northumberland). Mounted on Photo File card.
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] William Nichol, William Thompson and James talk about work at quarry, mention local names for farm animals incl. 'tup' [= male lamb], 'gimmer' [= young female sheep] and 'steg' [= male goose]...
Bridge at West End
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
August 1961
Old stone bridge [?over West Beck] at West End (North Yorkshire). The bridge was probably built as a pack-horse bridge, and later broadened to accommodate a single carriageway. Mounted on Photo File c...
Bridge at West End
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
August 1961
Old stone bridge [?over West Beck] at West End (North Yorkshire). The bridge was probably built as a pack-horse bridge, and later broadened to accommodate a single carriageway. Mounted on Photo File c...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Yockenthwaite
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
[1960s]
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Wharfe at Yockenthwaite ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1183.