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Coffin Carrier
Short, Ian W
1967
Old wooden hand-drawn coffin carrier, found in Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card.
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Grinton and Keld. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
11 Sep 1955
[Side 1] Rebecca recounts several experiences as midwife, recalls time when young mother and baby died in childbirth before she could assist, describes how woman had had premonition several days earli...
Corpse Way: Grinton Church
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...
Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1961-1976
Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...
Exhibition Programmes and På Gång
Riksutställningar (Sweden)
1968-1985
This file contains printed items issued by the Riksutställningar (Swedish Travelling Exhibitions) organisation. These include a specially designed folder containing Swedish and English guides to the ...
Popular Belief: Miscellaneous
1968-1981
This file contains a photocopy of Miss Wilelmine M. E. Fowler's paper on Yorkshire folklore, from 'Memorials of Old Yorkshire', ed. by T. M. Fallow (London: George Allen, 1909), pp. 286-305; a copy of...
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...