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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor2
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Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood Marquess of (1875-1930)1
Mcnay, Ian1
Meehan, John Francis1
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Schuster, Ivan L1
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Famous houses of Bath & district

Meehan, John Francis; Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood Marquess of (1875-1930); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.

1901

"Illustrated with about sixty reproductions of original drawings and rare prints in the possession of the author." "... these articles originally appeared in serial form, in the columns of The Beaco...

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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Rope bolls for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). These are solid bolls made of cotton ...

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Yorkshire Response List: Cowhouse
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Yorkshire Response List: Cowhouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular for...

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Witch Post
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Witch Post

Brunk, Wille

1967

Witch post inside a building at the Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). The witch post was a form of protection against witchcraft much used in dwelling houses in Yorkshire. The p...

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The twentieth century house in Britain : from the archives of Country life

Powers, Alan (1955-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2004

Illustrations on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index. Forgetting the future: 1920-30 -- Building politics: 1930-40 -- Perfectly modest: 1950-60 -- The space age: 19...

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The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave

Wilson, David S

1963

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...

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"The Gypsy Caravan in Britain: A Functional Examination of its Significance in Traditional Gypsy Society"

Schuster, Ivan L

1971

M.A. dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a delineation of spheres of Gypsy Traveller cultural activity, a colour-coded map locating wagon makers and craft specialists, fairs and rac...

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Early Settlements in Ireland

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

[1970s]

Photocopy of an ms. paper outlining types of early settlement, and remains, in Ireland. This includes information on raths, crannogs and megalithic remains.

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The Irish Crofter

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper ([8] leaves) on the life and work of Irish crofters in Donegal. This includes descriptions of a crofter's cottage, crops and cultivation, the animals and...

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