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Total number of records: 128

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items126
Archives2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
Cookery Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
country homes128
architecture, domestic29
manors28
historic buildings25
manners and customs13
country life9
castles7
nobility7
interior decoration6
dwellings5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England49
Great Britain21
Ireland7
Scotland5
Angleterre3
Gloucestershire (England)3
Aynho (England)1
Beer (England)1
Bignor (Sussex, England)1
Cheshire (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)120
Harris, John (1931-)6
National Trust (Great Britain)5
Cornforth, John (1937-)4
Girouard, Mark (1931-)4
Waterson, Edward4
Wilson, C Anne4
Jackson-Stops, Gervase3
Kingsley, Nicholas3
Meadows, Peter (1958-)3

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 18003
From 1900102
From 200021

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18994
Up to 1999102
Up to latest21

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The disintegration of a heritage : country houses and their collections 1979-1992

Sayer, M J; Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1993

Includes index.

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The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting

Jackson-Stops, Gervase; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

1985

Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986.

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Lost houses of Scotland

Binney, Marcus; Harris, John (1931-); Winnington, Emma; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Save Britain's Heritage (Association); National Monuments Record of Scotland

1980

Title from cover. "Almost all the photographs in this book are from the collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland..."--Acknowledgements.

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The English country house

Peill, James; Fennell, James; Fellowes, Julian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2013

Includes bibliographical references.

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The English country house : a grand tour

Jackson-Stops, Gervase; Pipkin, James (1939-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1985]

Includes index.

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The gentleman's country house and its plan, 1835-1914

Franklin, Jill; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1981

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.

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The country house kitchen garden, 1600-1950 : how produce was grown and how it was used

Wilson, C Anne; Wilson, C Anne

[1998]

"Based on papers from the tenth Leeds Symposium on Food History, April 1995, with additional chapters. This is the ninth volume in the 'Food and society' series, previously published by Edinburgh Univ...

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The architect and the British country house, 1620-1920

Harris, John (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Octagon (Washington, D.C.)

1985

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The architect and the British country house, at the Octagon, Washington, D.C., in November 1985"--Title page verso.

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English and Scottish wrought ironwork : a series of examples of English ironwork of the best periods, together with most of the examples now existing in Scotland with descriptive text (oversize)

Murphy, Bailey Scott (1876-1914); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); White, William Henry (1862-1949)

MCMIV [1904]

With a half title. With a printed list of subscribers.

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Traditional country house cooking

Jaine, Tom; Hope, Annette; Stead, Jennifer; Rosse, Alison; Wilson, C Anne; Wilson, C Anne

1993

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Robert Smythson & the Elizabethan country house

Girouard, Mark (1931-); Girouard, Mark (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1983

Updated edition of: Robert Smythson and the architecture of the Elizabethan era. 1967. Facsimiles on endpapers.

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