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death17
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buildings12
community life9
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culture7
human settlements7
manners and customs7
religion7
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)6
Voitl, Herbert2
Brunk, Wille1
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)1
Short, Ian W1
Paring Spade and Pick
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Paring Spade and Pick

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

August 1961

Combined paring spade and pick made of iron with a wooden haft, West End (North Yorkshire). The spade was found in a shed by a church, and was in use by a grave-digger. Mounted on Photo File card. Wit...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Grinton and Keld. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Coffin Carrier

Short, Ian W

1967

Old wooden hand-drawn coffin carrier, found in Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Gravehouse (Sweden)
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Gravehouse (Sweden)

Brunk, Wille

[Mid/late 1960s]

Gravehouse dating from the 17th or 18th century, in a Swedish graveyard. Mounted on Photo File card. The ms. catalogue details on the card are confusing in that they refer to a place that does not exi...

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Corpse Way: Grinton Church
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Corpse Way: Grinton Church

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1966-1967

St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...

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Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
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Corpse Way: Calvert Houses

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1966-1967

Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...

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Shirenewton (Monmouthshire)
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Shirenewton (Monmouthshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View of St. Thomas a Becket Church at Shirenewton (Monmouthshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 23/6.

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Swimbridge (Devon)
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Swimbridge (Devon)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View looking towards the village of Swimbridge (Devon), with the Church of St. James the Apostle and churchyard in the foreground. Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 37/2.

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Ruined Church
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Ruined Church

[1960s]

Ruins of a stone church and old churchyard, at an unidentified location.

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