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Total number of records: 45

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items24
Archives21

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture21
Brotherton Collection1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs45
culture19
community life15
decoration and ornament14
fashion14
holidays13
social life and customs12
english language - dialects10
occupations10
persons10

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain20
Europe2
Grande-Bretagne2
Bath (England)1
England1
Llangollen (Wales)1
Wales1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)18
Ackermann, Rudolph (1764-1834)14
Shoberl, Frederic (1852)14
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)5
Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913)3
Baldwin, John R2
Dunn, Ginette2
Holland, Georgiana Caroline Fox, Baroness, -17742
Lennox Family2
Lennox, Sarah, Lady, 1745-18262

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180016
From 190029

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189916
Up to 199929

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Life with the ladies of Llangollen

Butler, Lady Eleanor (1739-1829); Ponsonby, Sarah (1755-1831); Mavor, Elizabeth (1927-2013); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1984

Contains extracts from the journals, letters, recipes, and account books of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby.

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Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill (c.2)

Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)

1907

Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.

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Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill

Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)

1907

Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.

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Ladies fair and frail : sketches of the demi-monde during the eighteenth century

Bleackley, Horace William (1868-1931)

1909

Fanny Murray.--Kitty Fisher.--Nancy Parsons.--Kitty Kennedy.--Grace Dalrymple Eliot.--Gertrude Mahon.--Bibliographies (p. 297-309)--Appendices.--Index.

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Ward, Olive

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1937 of the Goathland Sword Dance Team in costume, Goathland (North Yorkshire). From left to right, the characters are the Captain, Tom, the Gentleman, the Lady, Betty an...

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Welford, E B Mrs

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph of the Goathland Sword Dance Team in costume, Goathland (North Yorkshire). The team is made up of nine adult men. Four of the men wear costumes made of brightly patterned material...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

18 Sep 1952

[Side 1] Fred tells anecdote about journey with grandfather to Newbiggin and Newcastle, remembers sitting on back of bus to avoid embarrassment as grandfather had habit of striking up conversation wit...

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Christmas Traditions

1964-1972

This file contains items relating to Christmas traditions, and includes two photocopies of the section on Christmas (including Christmas Eve, games, mumming, Christmas Day, carols, decorations, food, ...

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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Sussex Recipes

Lister, Sue

1967

A study of Sussex recipes, based on both printed sources and interviews with local people. The introductory section provides some historical background, descriptions of utensils, an ice house and a ba...

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