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Districts and Boundaries
1859-1869
This subseries contains items relating to the land divisions and boundaries connected with settlement and land use; and information pertinent to specific localities, for example placenames and their o...
Land Divisions
1859-1981
This sub-subseries contains items relating to land divisions and boundaries, including evidence of land divisions and use, and types of physical boundary.
Places and Districts
1961-1978
The items in this sub-subseries relate to the study of particular localities, in particular placenames and their origins. The focus is on specific places in England and Wales.
Industrial Archaeology
1977-1981
This file contains leaflets and programmes relating to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, and the Institute of Industrial Archaeology. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum leaflets include information on study and r...
Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers
1859-1869
Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...
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...
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...
Places and Districts: Cuttings, Etc.
1961-1978
This file contains items relating to specific locations. It includes magazine cuttings from 'The Countryman', 'Country Life', 'John Peel Jottings' and 'The Ridings', on the placenames Curnow and Lurke...