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Stained Glass Window
[1970s]
Stained glass window in a church at an unidentified location, viewed from the interior of the church. The centre panel shows the Crucifixion.
Quaker Meeting House
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the Quaker Meeting House in Countersett ( Wensleydale). The meeting house is stone-built, and appears to have a barn attached. It abuts a field in which sheep are grazing. ...
Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Fragment of tapestry, or Baldisholteppet, from Oseberg (Norway). The tapestry is brightly coloured and decorated with figures on horseback, and a bearded figure with birds ( St. Francis of Assisi?). T...
Bell Ropes
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Bell ropes at St. Edmund's Church, Castleton (Derbyshire). The ropes used are made by local ropemaker Herbert Marrison.
Capel Newydd
McNay, Ian
1966
Exterior view of Capel Newydd on the Lleyn Peninsular. The chapel is made of stone.
Henry Burston
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of Henry Burston of Horsham (Sussex). Mr. Burston was a cobbler, but was also noted as a bellringer and singer, as indicated in the sign next to hi...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Anders Bengtsson's wall painting, 'The Shepherds'/ 'Herdarna', painted in 1858, Norra Bökeberg (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation to the Shep...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
[Collector announcement]; Fred Lynley, recorded at home in Rosedale Abbey; talks about miners' cottages; changes in farming methods; peat digging and turf as fuel; local employment; cost of living; le...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 September 1976
[Collector announcement]; Hilda Welford, recorded at home in Tranmire; gives biographical details; talks about Ugthorpe schools; changes in the village [of ?Tranmire]; council houses; family; pub sing...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Winter Carl Hansson's wall painting, 'The Marriage in Cana'/ 'Bröllopet i Kana', Leksand (Dalarnas Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts Jesus (centre, with halo) seated at a table with the wed...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
12 December 1976
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about singing in the village pub, including on Christmas Eve; the disallowing of singing in pubs, especially in Scarboro...
A Study of the Foundation Legend of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, and Related Motifs
Rosling, Jean
1983
M.A. dissertation which examines the foundation legend of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh ( 'Chronicon anglo-scoticum') and analogous miraculous stag/deerhunt/church founding legends. The Introduction inc...