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Total number of records: 72

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
occupations72
quarries and quarrying72
buildings36
architecture34
nature32
land use27
handicraft24
agriculture21
culture20
dwellings18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Brunk, Wille17
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)8
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)7
Danaher, K5
Brunk Wille4
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)3
Brooks, Margaret2
Claughton, Mr R. Mick2
Cloughton2

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North Wassa Lathe: Gable

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

View of dry stone walled fields and gable end of stone-built North Wassa Lathe, Wassa Hill, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0211.

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North Wassa Lathe: Door

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Detail of wooden door and stone doorway at North Wassa Lathe, Wassa Hill, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0214.

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North Wassa Lathe: Masonry

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Detail of masonry at North Wassa Lathe, Wassa Hill, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0216.

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North Wassa Lathe: Doorway
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North Wassa Lathe: Doorway

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Detail of stone doorway and open wooden door at North Wassa Lathe, Wassa Hill, near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card.

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High Bradley (North Yorkshire)
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High Bradley (North Yorkshire)

Danaher, K

[1960s]

View, over fields and dry stone walls, of the village of High Bradley (North Yorkshire).

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, dry stone waller, recorded outside in Kettlesing, talks about the village and his roles in the parish (officer, committee member); shows walls he has built himself; describes constructi...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, recorded [?at home] in Kettlesing [daughter also present]; gives biographical information and talks about the Dacre parish (his birthplace); closure of local chapels; wartime recollecti...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

17 August 1973

Frank Weatherill , recorded at home in Danby; talks about a local storyteller; tall tales; storytelling as a form of amusement; local legends regarding hammer throwing (example from Lastingham); FW's ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 October 1973

Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[November 1966]

[Announcement]; Mr. R. M. Claughton, recorded in Askrigg; collector introduces Mr. Claughton, who goes on to describe the building of a dry stone wall - selection of stones, courses and terminology; t...

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Sheepwashing, Thornton Rust (North Yorkshire)

June 1965

Film taken during a visit by various members of Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) staff to Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale) to record farmers washing sheep in Outgang Beck. The custom of ...

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