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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Early-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping the distribution of responses Cowbyre, Cow-Hovel, Cow-Pen, Cow-Stable, Beast-House, -Byre, Mistall and Shippo...
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...
Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle
Reader, Karen
1982
A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...
Long Narrative Verse
[1968-1970]
This file contains four offprinted papers by Michael Cherniss on epic poems, being 'The Progress of the Hoard in Beowulf', offprinted from the 'Philological Quarterly', volume XLVII, number 4 (October...
Courtship and Marriage; Death and Funerals
1962-1980
This file contains items on marriage customs, death and funeral customs and beliefs, and ghosts. This includes ms. and typed correspondence between R. W. Crosland and Tony Green on the custom of biddi...
Farm Buildings
1954-1979
This file contains items on farmhouses and other buildings traditionally found on working farms. The larger part of the file includes items from the period 1965-1979; cuttings and articles extracted f...
The twentieth century house in Britain : from the archives of Country life
Powers, Alan (1955-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
2004
Illustrations on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index. Forgetting the future: 1920-30 -- Building politics: 1930-40 -- Perfectly modest: 1950-60 -- The space age: 19...
Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs
1957-1973
This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...