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Archive Item

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...

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An essay on history; in three epistles to Edward Gibbon, esq.. With notes

Hayley, William (1745-1820); Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)

1780

In verse. Errata: p. 159.

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Lore and Legend of the Western Fen Borderland

Toffler, Lenora Clare

1967

A study of the folklore of eleven informants living in villages to the north of Peterborough ( Crowland, Helpston, Whittlesey, Glinton and Maxey). The study comprises five chapters, with the first pre...

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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...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Fleetwood (Lancashire), Descriptive and Historical

Wright, Peter

1954

Ph.D. containing in its first volume a treatment of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 19[53], the modern equivalents of the Middle English vowels and consonants, and an account of the syntax and m...

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Changes in the Transmission of the Story of Pocahontas in England from 1625 to the Present Day

Traynor, Helena M

1978

A study comprising six chapters. The Introduction contains sections on the transmission of folktales, the story of Pocahontas, types of changes in the transmission of folktales and the format of the c...

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Studies in the Historical Phonology of the Yorkshire Dialects

Dean, Christopher

1953

Ph.D. thesis which analyses fieldwork data collected as part of the Survey of English Dialects, and compares it with information contained in monographs on separate Yorkshire localities. This covers t...

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Popular Belief in Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...

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The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1976

A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1959-1960

Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...

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