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Total number of records: 501

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Archives469
Books and printed items31
Objects1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture470
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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manners and customs501
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culture361
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english language - dialects126

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)27
Dunn, Ginette16
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)15
Lambert, Claude-Francois (1705-1765)15
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)14
Horner, Mr M.12
Tammivaara, Irmeli12
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)11
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London : a social history

Porter, Roy (1946-2002); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1994

Includes bibliographical references and index. Formation to reformation -- Tudor London -- War, plague and fire -- The triumph of town: from Restoration to Regency -- Commercial city: 1650-1800 -- C...

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Aristocrats : the illustrated companion to the television series

Tillyard, S K; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1999

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Society at royal Tunbridge Wells in the eighteenth century - and after

Benjamin, Lewis Saul (1874-1932); Broadley, Alexander Meyrick (1847-1916); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1912

"A rod for Tunbridge beaus... London, 1701: p. [287]-310. "Authorities": pages 311-[315].

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Around Leeds

Young, Matthew; Payne, Dorothy M

1995

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Aristocrats : Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832

Tillyard, S K; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1994

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-442) and index.

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Greeting Card Detail
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Greeting Card Detail

[1970s]

Close-up of a greeting card design, showing an illustration a village church and houses, and bells.

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Greeting Card Detail
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Greeting Card Detail

[1970s]

Close-up of a greeting card design, showing an illustration of two bells tied with ribbon.

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Archive Series

H: Calendar Customs

1962-1981

This series contains items relating to the celebration of calendar days and annual festivals, and related customs and traditions.

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Georgians revealed : life, style and the making of modern Britain

Goff, Moira; Goldfinch, John; Limper-Herz, Karen; Peden, Helen; Goodrich, Amanda (1957-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2013

Includes bibliographical references (page 166) and index. Homes and gardens -- Architecture / Karen Limper-Herz -- Interior and garden design / Karen Limper-Herz -- Entertaining at home / Moira Goff...

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The Observance of Mothering Sunday

Gregson, Peter

1966

A thesis on the tradition and observance of the mothering custom, based on fieldwork carried out in North Nottinghamshire villages from February to October 1965, and early in 1966. Information was als...

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Restoration London

Picard, Liza (1927-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1997

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-318) and index.

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The Calvert Manuscript

Calvert, George

[1960s-1970s]

Photocopy of a manuscript compiled by George Calvert of Kirkby Moorside, and completed by his son, Alfred Calvert, for Sir Martin Stapleton. The original manuscript (dated 1823) consists of a collecti...

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