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The Beginning of the Village
Thirsk, Joan
[1950s]
This file contains an article, extracted from an unidentified publication, on the development of village settlements. It was written by Joan Thirsk in answer to an enquiry directed to the publication ...
Types of Boundaries
1964-1973
Cuttings extracted chiefly from 'Country Life' magazine, and one cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The subject matter includes crinkle-crankle walls in Derbyshire, and types of wall in Suffol...
Hill Grazing Questionnaire Responses
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)
1966
This file contains ms. responses to Ingemar Liman's survey questionnaire on the practice and terminology of cattle and sheep grazing on hill pastures in the Yorkshire Dales. The responses come largely...
The Future of the Bicycle in a Modern Society
Claxton, E C
1968
This file contains a copy of Claxton's paper, read to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) on 15 November 1967, and extracted from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'(January 1968), pp. 114-134. The...
From Toponomastic Geography: The Original Territory of Albanian Settlements in Messenia (Peloponnesus, Greece) on the Basis of Toponymy
Georgacas, Demetrius J
[1960s]
This file contains a copy of a typed research paper on the evidence for the settlement of Albanians in Messenia, Greece, in the late Middle Ages, based on the evidence of placenames. The author aims t...
Gates, Walls and Fields
Walton, James
1938-1949
This volume contains pasted-in articles from 'Country Life', 'The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder', 'Yorkshire Evening Post' and the 'Yorkshire Dalesman', some with ms. annotations, and black and wh...
The Evidence of Place-Names
Gelling, Margaret
1973
This file contains a paper on English placenames presented at the Medieval Settlement Seminar at the School of History, University of Leeds, 14 February 1973. The paper addresses what historical infor...
The Origins of Rural Settlement in East Anglia
Wade-Martins, Peter
1973
This file contains a paper on English placenames, presented at the Medieval Settlement Seminar at the School of History, University of Leeds, 14 February 1973, which examines evidence for the origins ...
Hedge Building in Mid and West Cornwall
Rule, Ann Louise
1974
A study of hedge building in Cornwall, based on information from printed sources, interviews with informants who responded to the collector's letter of enquiry (printed in two local newspapers), and f...
Early Settlements in Ireland
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
[1970s]
Photocopy of an ms. paper outlining types of early settlement, and remains, in Ireland. This includes information on raths, crannogs and megalithic remains.
The Terminology of the Artificial Field Boundary: Being a Study of Words Relating to Dry Stone Walling and Hedging, Based Upon a Survey Made in Certain Parts of South Westmorland
Williams, Gerald
1954
A study of the occupational language associated with the crafts of hedging and dry stone walling, in the the south of the old county of Westmorland. The Introduction outlines the aims of the study, th...
Dry Stone Walls and Wall Building in West Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
1973
M.A. dissertation in five parts, with a separate volume of photographs. Part One discusses the practical aspects of the project, and outlines the research methods employed (letters to newspapers, corr...