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Total number of records: 77

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culture77
occupations77
woodworking industries77
museums42
implements, utensils etc41
play39
handicraft33
material culture33
buildings28
community life19

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Langhorne, Richard27
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Brunk, Wille3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Shaw, David H3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Jackson, Mr2
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Detail of Central Cruck Joint
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Detail of Central Cruck Joint

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Detail of timber joints on the central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spr...

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Detail of Central Cruck Joint
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Detail of Central Cruck Joint

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Detail of timber joints on the central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spr...

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Saw Pit
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Saw Pit

[1970s]

Two males in old-fashioned clothing sawing timber with a two-handed saw in the saw pit at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Storehouse: Timber Joists
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Storehouse: Timber Joists

January 1965

View showing detail of timber joists on a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The joists and the shape of the timber (hexagonal) is typical of 16th c...

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Storehouse: Timber Joists
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Storehouse: Timber Joists

January 1965

View showing detail of timber joists on a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The joists and the shape of the timber (hexagonal) is typical of 16th c...

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Storehouse: Carved Detail
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Storehouse: Carved Detail

January 1965

View showing timber joists and carved pattern detail on the outer walls of a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?) , Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The carved decoration is typical of...

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Wooden Bed
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Wooden Bed

March 1965

Wooden bed carved with circular motifs, on display at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm (Sweden). The bed is dated 1734.

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Local Woodcrafts

Walton, James

1940

Article on the history of woodcrafts in the Halifax/ Calderdale area, published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (dated 5 October 1940). Includes sections on the woods themselv...

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Cart Diagrams

Brears, Peter C D

[1970s]

Printed scale illustrations of the Halifax Heck Cart and the Lister Chaise (made for James Lister of Shibden Hall), shaded in coloured pencil to match the descriptions of the carts printed on the vers...

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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...

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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...

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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:]- and [o:]-type responses for the Northern Counties. The map was compiled by Harold Orton.

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