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Pigot and Co's national commercial directory : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders... in the counties of Chester, Cumberland, Durham, Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland and York : with historical and descriptive sketches of each county, town & village
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Pigot and Company; Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists Field Club
1834
Includes advertisements at end of directory. Includes index.
Textiles
1960-1981
This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...
The Farmer Cider-Maker in North and Central Somerset
Coleman, D N
1966
A thesis concerned with those Somerset cider-makers who combine cider-making with farming activities. The core of the study is the description of processes and equipment based on fieldwork carried out...
Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities
[1955-1979]
This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...
Agricultural Equipment, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on aspects of agriculture, with a focus on the kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in farming. This includes a printed diagram and key to the parts of the old Wolds p...
Burdekin's Baskets
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
General view of the main workshop at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows several basketmakers at work, bundles of soaked willow and some completed baskets.
Burdekin's Baskets
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
General view of the main workshop at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows several basketmakers at work, bundles of soaked willow and some completed baskets.