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Total number of records: 12

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Books and printed items9
Archives3

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Cookery Collection7
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3

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home economics12
dwellings11
architecture, domestic9
children6
gardening6
household employees6
landlord and tenant6
architecture3
buildings3
home3

Top 10: People and organisations

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Davidson, H C6
Davidson, H. C6
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Hardyment, Christina2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Hammond, Harry1
Hull, Frank1
National Trust1
National Trust (Great Britain)1

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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 Recordings, Leicestershire and Essex

Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1967

Mrs. F. E. Annet, recorded in Carlton Curlieu (Leicestershire); talks about a blacksmith and smithy; fireplaces - use and cleaning; curing bacon/ham; grocery deliveries; neighbour's bread baking; plac...

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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