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Total number of records: 413

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
nature413
occupations310
animals283
agriculture245
community life185
culture155
implements, utensils etc111
english language - dialects110
land use110
food105

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)186
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)72
Fothergill, George William43
Outhwaite, T. G.18
Brunk, Wille16
Tammivaara, Irmeli15
Chapman, Mr S.13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)11
Fothergill, Mrs11
Varley, Tom9

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Archive File

Types of Boundaries

1964-1973

Cuttings extracted chiefly from 'Country Life' magazine, and one cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The subject matter includes crinkle-crankle walls in Derbyshire, and types of wall in Suffol...

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Folklife Papers

Bringéus, Nils-Arvid

[1960-1972]

This file contains a typed paper, 'Svensk Folklivsforskning : Några Utvecklingslinjer' [undated - 1960s], on developments in Folk Life Studies in Sweden; and a typed paper, 'Gåsskötsel: Ett Diskuss...

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Cow Stalls at Hillary Farm
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Cow Stalls at Hillary Farm

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[July 1964]

Modernised cow stalls at Hillary Farm, Hurst (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0257. With typed note. Ms. (Kissling's hand) and typed catalogue details.

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Cow Stalls at Hillary Farm
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Cow Stalls at Hillary Farm

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[July 1964]

Modernised cow stalls at Hillary Farm, Hurst (North Yorkshire). Chain visible. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0256. With typed note. Ms. (Kissling's hand) and typed catalogue details.

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Settlement

[1950-1973]

This sub-subseries contains items relating to settlers and types of settlement. The items relate mostly to Ireland.

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Games and Pastimes

1969-1976

This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...

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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.

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Upland Cowshed: Interior
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Upland Cowshed: Interior

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1962

Interior of derelict thatched stone cowshed in remote uplands around Hurst (North Yorkshire). Shows floor and remains of stall partitions. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note on the interior o...

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Land Divisions

1859-1981

This sub-subseries contains items relating to land divisions and boundaries, including evidence of land divisions and use, and types of physical boundary.

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View of Swaledale
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View of Swaledale

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

23 March 1964

View of the Swaledale landscape from Marrick Moor. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in typescript, for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping the distribution of the response Cow-shed. Includes a typed note on the etymology.

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Landscape at Buckden Pike
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Landscape at Buckden Pike

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

23 March 1964

Landscape at Buckden Pike ( Wharfedale), showing stepped slopes formed by glacial erosion. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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