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Picturesque designs for mansions, villas, lodges, &c. &c. : with decorations, internal and external, suitable to each style
Richardson, C J (1806-1871); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1870
"Illustrated by about five hundred original engravings." Publisher's advertisements.
Strawberry Hill accounts : a record of expenditure in building, furnishing, &c., kept by Mr Horace Walpole, from 1747 to 1795, now first printed from the original ms
Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Toynbee, Paget Jackson (1855-1932); Johnson, John de Monins (1882-1956); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1927
"Five hundred copies have been printed." One plan is on a double leaf.
Alford Windmill
Bulmer, A Gillian
December 1979
Alford Windmill, a five-sailed windmill in full working order, Alford (Lincolnshire). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.
Student Residence, Oslo
May 1965
Student byen, or residential quarters, in Oslo (Norway). The building consists of five blocks accommodating more than 750 students and includes married and family quarters. Construction began in 1950....
"Gypsy Family"
Hartley, Dorothy
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family group consists of two parents, five children and a baby, but ...
North Bar, Beverley
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the North Bar in Beverley (East Riding of Yorkshire). The bar is a medieval brick construction built in the 15th-century, and is the sole survivor of the four or five gatew...
"Gypsy Family"
Hartley, Dorothy
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family consists of two parents, five children and a baby. The family...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...
Student Traditions at Leeds University
Edwards, Susan
1967
A study of student traditions at the University of Leeds, based on information collected from back copies of Leeds University's Students Union newspaper, 'Union News', and interviews with a former stu...
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...
Priston Mill: A Study of a Working Corn Mill
Mitchell, Sarah L G
1980
A study which takes Priston Mill ( Priston, Somerset) as a working example of material culture, within a more general discussion of milling and its history. The first of its five sections presents a b...
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.