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Total number of records: 63

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manners and customs63
religion63
buildings48
human settlements45
culture38
community life20
occupations19
english language - dialects18
architecture15
agriculture12

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Voitl, Herbert16
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Latham, Jean4
Mcnay, Ian3
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Sofer, Zvi D (1980)2
Burston, Henry1
Ebot, Wilson Atem1
Etang, Pa Agbor1
Caedmon's Hymn
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Caedmon's Hymn

[1950s-1960s]

Typed words to the first verse of Caedmon's hymn in three forms of English. Includes the original Northumbrian version (late 7th century), the West Saxon version (late 9th century), and a modern Engli...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images include a star-shaped corn dolly, and a corn dolly in ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show different types of elaborately woven corn dolly, ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show different types of elaborately woven corn dolly. ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show a corn dolly which appears to be in the shape of ...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with three images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales), and one image of a male weaving a corn dolly. The corn doll...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of a pattern carved into the stone of the church wall (1), a view of the church interior (1), and close-up detail of a male's hands as he weaves a corn dolly (4). The i...

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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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Henry Burston

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of Henry Burston of Horsham (Sussex). Mr. Burston was a cobbler, but was also noted as a bellringer and singer, as indicated in the sign next to hi...

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Dales Church
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Dales Church

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1960s]

View of an unidentified church, with river in foreground. The photograph was possibly taken at a location in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Thorpe Chapel
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Thorpe Chapel

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1965

The chapel at Thorpe ( Wharfedale). The building includes a dovecote on the gable end.

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