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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture10
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Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
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Warby, Olive2
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Agricultural Protection Society1
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Depopulation arraigned, convicted and condemned, by the lawes of God and man : a treatise necessary in these times

Powell, Robert (fl. 1636-1652); Great Britain. Court of Star Chamber

1636

Dedication signed: Rob. Povvell. Economic abuses in British agriculture. Printer's name from STC. "In Camera Stellata coram concilio ibidem, vicessimo tertio die Novembris, anno septimo Caroli R...

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The farmer in war-time (v.1-2)

Orwin, C S (1876-1955)

[1915]

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Labour looking after agriculture : better farming, better business, better living

Noel-Buxton, Noel Noel-Buxton Baron (1869-1948); Labour Party (Great Britain)

[1924]

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Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska : efter handskrifter i Stockholm, Uppsala och Linköping

MÃ¥nsson, Peder (1534); Vegetius Renatus, Flavius; Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus; Leonardi, Camillo; Albertus Magnus, Saint (1193?-1280); Erasmus, Desiderius (1536); Geete, Robert (1849-1928)

1913-15

Largely a collection of translations and adaptations from foreign sources. The originals (if any) of the 5th and 7th-12th treatises are unknown. cf. Inledning.

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A way to get wealth : containing six principall vocations, or callings, in which every good husband or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselves... The first five books gathered by G.M., the last by Master W.L. for the benefit of Great Britaine

Markham, Gervase (1568?-1637); Lawson, William (fl. 1618)

1653

Each work has a separate title-page and pagination. Numerous errors in pagination. Contents: Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles and for the generall cure of t...

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Tracts issued by the Agricultural Protection Society : up to August, 1844

Agricultural Protection Society

[1844]

A collection of pamphlets originally published separately by other publishers, reissued with a general title-page. Imprint varies. Contents: 1. Mr. Cayley's "Reasons for the formation of the Agric...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Etheldrida Thompson, recorded in Witchford on the 14 July 1975; gives biographical details; employment as a nurse housemaid in Cambridge; parlour maid in Peterborough; [colle...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his f...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1974

[Collector announcement]; Mary Dawson, recorded in Doddington on the 8 July 1974; recollects her childhood in Doddington; marriage; children; skating matches; changes to the village; trandling for bir...

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