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Total number of records: 88

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture70
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agriculture84
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english language - dialects33
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Liman, Ingemar (1938-)2
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor2
Long, William Harwood2
Simpson, Ian Gordon2
Atkinson, David Stanley1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Bateson, Margaret1
Battersby, Pauline1
Bringeus, Nils-Arvid1
Brunk, Wille1

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Numbers of sheep, fowls and ducks on agricultural holdings in Yorkshire, 1928, tabulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

1929

Tabular statements showing the numbers of sheep, fowls and ducks on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent in every parish of the East, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire, as returned on 4 Ju...

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The uses of farm records and accounts, by William Harwood Long

Long, William Harwood

c.1949

Text ends in mid-sentence; statistical data on f.160 refer to 1949

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Sketches of guide stoops and carved door heads by W.B. Crump.

William B. Crump

1920-1930

Careful pencil and pen drawings with commentary, for the most part of guide stoops and carved door heads from 16th century onwards, but also a spittle, a sundial, a graving spade, windows, flails, and...

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Field Book 1779

1779?

Contains accounts of receipts and payments with indication of balance of profit or loss, field by field, in respect of livestock, oats, and various other payments, with final balance in profit

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Sheep Farming in Littondale

Williamson, Edmund

[1960s]

This file contains a photographic record of seasonal activities on Guy Ingleby's hill farm at Nether Hesleden, Littondale, North Yorkshire. The photographs were taken by Edmund Williamson, one-time Bu...

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The Irish Crofter

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper ([8] leaves) on the life and work of Irish crofters in Donegal. This includes descriptions of a crofter's cottage, crops and cultivation, the animals and...

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Leases and plans concerning land at Manor Farm, Garforth, and at Askham Bryan

F C. Gascoigne

1898-1925

(1) 2 copies of an indenture by which F.C. Trench Gascoigne and F.R.T. Trench Gascoigne lease Manor Farm, Garforth, for 30 years to the County Councils of the West and East Ridings of Yorkshire and th...

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Photographs of Yorkshire Vernacular Architecture

[1960-1979]

These photographs show a variety of Yorkshiredomestic houses and agricultural barns, and include both general exterior views, and interior and exterior views of particular architectural features. All ...

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