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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
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Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Brooksbank, Irvine2
Haddock, Christopher2
Haddock, Elsie2
Higgenbottom2
Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging inside the smithy at Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1671 and LAVC/PHO/P1672. With ms. ...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging on a door at the smithy in Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1670 and LAVC/PHO/P1672. Wit...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging on a door at the smithy in Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1670 and LAVC/PHO/P1671. Wit...

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Quaker Meeting House
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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. ...

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Capel Newydd
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Capel Newydd

McNay, Ian

1966

Exterior view of Capel Newydd on the Lleyn Peninsular. The chapel is made of stone.

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The Iconography of Gravestones: A Study of Gravestones in the Churchyards and Cemeteries of the North London Area

Thorn, Bridget

1982

A study of gravestones, their inscriptions and iconographical details, covering the eighteenth century to 1982, and based on fieldwork in North London.

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Luck Stone and Horse Shoe
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Luck Stone and Horse Shoe

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone and horse shoe hung on the wall near to the front door of a house at Coleby Hall, near Askrigg ( Wensleydale). Both objects were considered as protective and/or lucky charms, and at the tim...

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Luck Stone and Horse Shoe
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Luck Stone and Horse Shoe

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1965

Luck stone and horse shoe hung on the wall in the backyard of a miner's cottage in Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1675. With ms. note.

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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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Runes

[ca. 1960s-1970s]

This file contains 14 photocopied plates showing diagrams, tables and maps of and relating to objects with runic inscriptions. These comprise figures of the Ruthwell Cross, the Bewcastle Cross, the Fr...

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