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Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle

Reader, Karen

1982

A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...

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Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
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Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract

[1950s-1960s]

Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.

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Das Salzburger Landesinstitut für Volkskunde, Richard-Wolfram-Forschungsstelle : ein Institut stellt sich vor

Acker-Sutter, Rotraut; Froschauer, Irmtraut; Salzburger Landesinstitut für Volkskunde

1986

Includes bibliographical references.

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Lutton Response Book - 10L14
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Notes [Lutton Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Oct 1951 - 18 Oct 1951

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes on Dick Needham (Richard). Includes biographical informationon Richard Needham, and his wife Jinny. ...

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Book IV: Nature [Cawood Response Book]
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Book IV: Nature [Cawood Response Book]

Wright, Peter

7 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature. The answers of informant Richard Lupton recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in the International P...

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