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Villas and Villages in Hampshire and Wiltshire Map
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Copy of Map II from an undentified publication, showing the location of villas and villages in the counties of Hampshire and Wiltshire. The slide was probably created for teaching purposes.
Early Settlements in Ireland
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
[1970s]
Photocopy of an ms. paper outlining types of early settlement, and remains, in Ireland. This includes information on raths, crannogs and megalithic remains.
Weare Giffard (Devon)
Voitl, Herbert
[1960s]
The manor house(?) at Weare Giffard (Devon). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 37/3.
Old Rectory, Mirfield
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the front of the Old Rectory at Mirfield (West Yorkshire). The building is half-timbered and dates from the early 14th-century.
Old Rectory, Mirfield
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of close-up detail of the timber framing of the Old Rectory at Mirfield (West Yorkshire). The building is half-timbered and dates from the early 14th-century.
Living underground : a history of cave and cliff dwelling
Kempe, D R C (1927-)
1988
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Kellet Manuscript
Kellet, G R
[1970s]
The first file contains a photocopy of a manuscript by G. R. Kellet, being a memoir of growing up in Hunslet, Leeds, in the 1920s and 1930s. Although biographical, the manuscript includes descriptions...
Broom Hall, Sheffield
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the front of Broom Hall, Sheffield (South Yorkshire). The house is a three-story Tudor-built mansion, the earliest parts of which date to the reign of Henry VII (1509-1547)...
Long Narrative Verse
[1968-1970]
This file contains four offprinted papers by Michael Cherniss on epic poems, being 'The Progress of the Hoard in Beowulf', offprinted from the 'Philological Quarterly', volume XLVII, number 4 (October...
Wakeman's House, Ripon
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the upstairs room of the Wakeman's House in Ripon (North Yorkshire). The building is timber-framed, and is believed to have been built during the 16th century. The photogra...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Taylor, Monica
[1970-1972]
Female informant [possibly the collector's mother], recorded in Haslingden ; talks about and recites a poem with the first line, At number one Bolton yard; sings 'Where oh where is my Norah?' [first l...
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...