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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture88
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nature89
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occupations41
manners and customs32
agriculture31
land use26
communication22
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Brunk, Wille16
Chapman, Mr S.13
Spiegel, Ted3
Dunn, Ginette2
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)2
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor2
Wharton, Colin S2
Aldcroft, Linda1
Barwell, Carol A1
Barwell, Kenneth1

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Folklife Papers

Bringéus, Nils-Arvid

[1960-1972]

This file contains a typed paper, 'Svensk Folklivsforskning : Några Utvecklingslinjer' [undated - 1960s], on developments in Folk Life Studies in Sweden; and a typed paper, 'Gåsskötsel: Ett Diskuss...

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Miscellaneous Folklore Papers

1964-1979

Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...

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Exhibition Photographs and Related Papers

[1960s-1970s]

The photographs in this file have been mounted in groups according to particular subjects. Thus, there are two sheets of eight prints showing the construction and use of a hay creel (including duplica...

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Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers

1859-1869

Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...

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Some Warwickshire Crafts

Wharton, Colin S

1969

This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...

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From Toponomastic Geography: The Original Territory of Albanian Settlements in Messenia (Peloponnesus, Greece) on the Basis of Toponymy

Georgacas, Demetrius J

[1960s]

This file contains a copy of a typed research paper on the evidence for the settlement of Albanians in Messenia, Greece, in the late Middle Ages, based on the evidence of placenames. The author aims t...

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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 Evidence of Place-Names

Gelling, Margaret

1973

This file contains a paper on English placenames presented at the Medieval Settlement Seminar at the School of History, University of Leeds, 14 February 1973. The paper addresses what historical infor...

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Local Names of Wild Flowers and Trees Used in the West, North and East Ridings of Yorkshire

Boot, Margaret C

1947

This file contains a typed paper with an alphabetical list of the common names of wild flowers and trees, accompanied by the Yorkshire terms used to describe them. The dialect terms are identified by ...

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The Future of the Bicycle in a Modern Society

Claxton, E C

1968

This file contains a copy of Claxton's paper, read to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) on 15 November 1967, and extracted from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'(January 1968), pp. 114-134. The...

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History and Blood Groups in the British Isles

Potts, William Taylor Windle (1928-)

1973

Copy of a paper delivered at the Medieval Settlement Seminar at the School of History, University of Leeds, 1 June 1973. This examines the distribution of blood groups and gene frequencies in differen...

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Origin of Fairs - Ireland

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

1974

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on the origin of fairs in Ireland ([15] leaves). As well as explaining the background to the origin of fairs, and listing examples of Iri...

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