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Total number of records: 12

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Archives10
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture10
Cookery Collection1

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agriculture12
animals10
nature10
occupations10
clothing and dress7
persons7
community life6
culture5
textile industry4
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Horner, Mr M.4
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Boot, Arnold De2
Boot, Arnold De (1606-1653)2
Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?)2
Annett, Mr Reuben1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Blamire, Edward1
British Broadcasting Corporation1
Caitle, Fred1

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Shepherd's Boots
Archive Item

Shepherd's Boots

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boots made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boots are worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1416. W...

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Shepherd's Boots
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Shepherd's Boots

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boot made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boot belongs to and is worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/...

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Shepherd's Boots
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Shepherd's Boots

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale), wearing stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boots. The boots were made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria).

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Shepherd's Boots
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Shepherd's Boots

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boots made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boots are worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale).

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The jewel house of art and nature : containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry. With divers chimical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience

Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?); Boot, Arnold de (1606-1653)

1653

The authorship of the "Discourse of several sorts of stones," by D.B. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work is attributed to Arnold de Boot. Cf. DNB.

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Archive Print Item

The jewel house of art and nature : containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry. With divers chimical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience

Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?); Boot, Arnold de (1606-1653)

1653

The authorship of the "Discourse of several sorts of stones," by D.B. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work is attributed to Arnold de Boot. Cf. DNB.

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Archive File

Clothing and Footwear - General

1966-1971

This file contains items relating to clothing and footwear in general, and includes a photocopy of the section on clothing from a chapter on material culture, explaining aspects to consider when resea...

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Archive Item

Sound Recording

British Broadcasting Corporation

[1960s/1970s]

George Ewart Evans presents a radio programme entitled 'Horsepower and Magic' [BBC Home Service 1964-09-17 20:30], which includes horsemen from East Anglia and Scotland talking about the folklore and ...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Sound Recording, Cumbria

Upton, Clive S

20 May 1974

[Collector announcement]; Edward Blamire, recorded at home in Patterdale ; talks about his work as a gardener at Patterdale Hall; describes the kitchen gardens, lawns and staff; the gardens in later y...

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Sound Recordings, Berkshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

March 1959

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Stiff, recorded in Swallowfield; makes reference to working at the residence of the Duke of Wellington, at Farley Hill; talks of his interest in the kitchen there and its...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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