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Total number of records: 14

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Cookery Collection6
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture6

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dwellings14
home economics14
architecture, domestic8
buildings6
children6
gardening6
home6
household employees6
landlord and tenant6
food5

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Davidson, H C6
Davidson, H. C6
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Hardyment, Christina2
Metcalf, Olive2
Morris, Patricia M2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1

Archive Print Item

Behind the scenes : domestic arrangements in historic houses

Hardyment, Christina; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Trust

1997

Rev. ed. of: Home comfort / Christina Hardyment. Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago in association with the National Trust, 1992.

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Home comfort : a history of domestic arrangements; in association with the National Trust

Hardyment, Christina; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Trust (Great Britain)

1992

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index.

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Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book V

[1960s]

Collated responses from locations in Essex, Middlesex and London to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Questionnaire Book V: The House and Housekeeping.

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.3)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.4)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.5)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.6)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.7)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.8)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Wally Hull, recorded at Little Downham on the 15 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A672r]; talks about winter weather; skating and champion skaters; his work as a postm...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

[September 1981]

Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about food shopping for a large family; gardening and vegetable growing; breakfast; dinners (week's menu); offal/meat products; le...

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