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Kersey Illustration
[ca. 1938]
Colour illustration of the village of Kersey (Survey of English Dialects (SED) location 22 Sf 5), reprinted from H. Munro Cautley's 'Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures', (Ipswich: Adlard, 1937).
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 ...
The Blason Populaire of England
Stern, Janet L
1972
This dissertation is a study of place and community, and in particular (local) sayings about places, characterised by eleven distinguishing material and non-material features. The focus is on English ...
The Effect of Tourism on a Highland Culture: A Study of Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan
Fisher, Nora M M
1976
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a brief history and description of the village of Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The second describes the old culture of the villag...
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 ...
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.
Yorkshire Castles
Taylor, Alfred
1962
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Round Yorkshire Castles' series, published in and extracted from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The complete series ran from July - October (?) 1962, a...
The Kellet Manuscript
Kellet, G R
[1970s]
The first file contains a photocopy of a manuscript by G. R. Kellet, being a memoir of growing up in Hunslet, Leeds, in the 1920s and 1930s. Although biographical, the manuscript includes descriptions...
The Phonology of the Dialect of Minster-in-Thanet in the County of Kent
Cook, Margaret
1973
A study of the dialect spoken in the Kent village of Minster-in-Thanet, based on conversations with two local male informants.
Your Village
Walton, James
1939
This volume contains articles written by James Walton for the 'Your Village' series of articles published in the 'Halifax Courier and Guardian' (March-June 1939). The series consists of historical acc...
Yorkshire Abbeys
Taylor, Alfred
1963
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...
Welsh Placenames
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains papers relating to folklore in Welsh placenames. It includes a photocopy of G. Melville Richards' 'Barclodiad y Gawres: the Derivation and Meaning of the Name', which forms Appendix...