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Walton, James5
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Brownridge, A N1
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Country Crafts and Craftsmen

Walton, James

1941

This volume contains a series of articles written by James Walton for 'The Schoolmasters and Woman Teacher's Chronicle' (January-May 1941). The first in the series states the articles' intention as a ...

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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...

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Local Woodcrafts

Walton, James

1940

Article on the history of woodcrafts in the Halifax/ Calderdale area, published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (dated 5 October 1940). Includes sections on the woods themselv...

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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...

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West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 10

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 10: The Work-Basket. Includes questions V.10.1 Darning - V.10.10 Sheath.

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Irish Crafts

[1970s]

This file contains items relating to Irish crafts, and includes a photocopy of Ireland Information Sheet, no. 20 'Irish Crafts' (1974), listing crafts still undertaken in Ireland at the time (weaving,...

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Rope and Rope-Making

McNay, Ian

1966

A study which records the development and place in society of rope making. Its ten chapters provide a history of rope making, descriptions of machinery and types of rope, rope manufacture (including i...

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The Sussex Trug: An Investigation into the Production of Trugs

Tuffin, Alison

1971

A study of trug making in Sussex, with particular reference to four firms operating in and around the village of Herstmonceux. The first of nine chapters provides a general introduction, followed by a...

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Knitting Sticks

[1969-1971]

This file contains typed and photocopied papers collected by Richard Langhorne for his M.A. thesis on aspects of 19th-century Yorkshire life. The papers relate to the hand-knitting industry, and refer...

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Boxes for Victorian Needlewomen

Swain, Margaret H

1965

This file contains an article extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (31 May 1965), pp. 1162 and 1165, on Victorian needlework boxes.

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Collected Articles on Yorkshire Crafts and Craftsmen. Etc.

Walton, James

1930-1949

This file contains a large number of articles collected, and largely written, by James Walton, most of which have been pasted into hard-backed scrapbooks. The articles were grouped by subject matter...

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