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Total number of records: 26

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture25
Brotherton Collection1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

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death26
persons25
community life21
manners and customs17
culture16
buildings13
occupations13
communication10
rites and ceremonies10
folklore9

Top 10: People and organisations

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)6
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Alobwede D'Epie, Charles1
Bennett, David1
Bennett, Olive1
Chamberlain, John S1
Cross, Mrs1
El-Darrat, Nasser1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Frear, Mr1

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Archive Item

Vattuone, Giovanni to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

7 Jan 1874

Telegram in Italian from Giovanni Vattuone to (Joseph) Alfred Novello in Genoa, with a note in Italian written in pencil on the reverse. The telegram contains the information that his aunt Adelaide No...

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Coffin Carrier

Short, Ian W

1967

Old wooden hand-drawn coffin carrier, found in Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Archive File

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1976

Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...

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Archive File

Exhibition Programmes and På Gång

Riksutställningar (Sweden)

1968-1985

This file contains printed items issued by the Riksutställningar (Swedish Travelling Exhibitions) organisation. These include a specially designed folder containing Swedish and English guides to the ...

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Archive File

"Gypsy Funeral Customs"

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1969

This file contains two copies of Sanderson's paper, 'Gypsy Funeral Customs', offprinted from 'Folklore', volume 80 (Autumn 1969), pp. 181-187. The paper discusses the death and funeral customs practis...

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Popular Belief: Miscellaneous

1968-1981

This file contains a photocopy of Miss Wilelmine M. E. Fowler's paper on Yorkshire folklore, from 'Memorials of Old Yorkshire', ed. by T. M. Fallow (London: George Allen, 1909), pp. 286-305; a copy of...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Grinton and Keld. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Archive File

Trams, Railways and Boats

1967-1973

This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...

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Archive File

Crime

[1972-1983]

This file contains items on criminal activities, including highway robbery and coining. This includes an ms note from Ivor Clissold to Tony Green describing a custom undertaken on leaving prison, coll...

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