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Total number of records: 7

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
gypsies2
folklore1
genealogy1
romany language1
traditional societies1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England6
Hampshire2
Hertfordshire2
Southampton2
Wales2
Cumbria1
Derbyshire1
France1
Lincolnshire1
Scotland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lee Family7
Boswell Family2
Smith Family2
Woods Family2
Bataillard, Paul (1816-)1
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)1
De Gubernatis, E F1
Hall, Rev George1
Herne Family1
Lock Family1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18001
From 19006

Archive Item

"Gypsies Warning."

7/Oct/1961-18/May/1963

Scene of Gypsy Traveller [Lee Family] facing eviction, shouting to someone out of vehicle window.

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"Gypsies Evicted"

7/Oct/1961

Scene of Gypsy Traveller [Lee Family] facing eviction, - on top of wagon used for fortune-telling with police below.

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Photographs by Robert McDougall of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma subjects.

McDougall, Robert

1989-1992

Images include Gypsy, Traveller wagons, individuals and some named fortune-tellers from Lee, Petulengro and Woods family.

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T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

Thompson, Thomas William

c.1890 -1964

Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...

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Jenkinson (A, Stephen). Letter to Miss Marian Wood

22/04/1941

Typed and signed letter referencing changes to Gypsy and Traveller lives during wartime and reference to relatives of Gypsy Lee of Brighton, resident on his caravan site.

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Rev George Hall Collection

Hall, Rev George

1908-1918

Correspondence, notebooks, diaries and reports/loose notes documenting Hall's research and information gathering.Mainly concerned with (UK) Gypsy and Traveller biographies and genealogical details.

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Jenkinson (A, Stephen). Letter to Mrs Phillips,

29/04/1941

Typed and signed letter referencing wartime, a member of the Lee family previously referenced and literary works on Gypsies and Travellers.

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