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Total number of records: 72

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives55
Books and printed items17

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture54
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society8
Brotherton Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs72
culture46
community life31
social life and customs29
folklore28
communication23
holidays21
literature and folklore17
english language - dialects16
rites and ceremonies16

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England7
Great Britain6
Angleterre2
France2
Bath (England)1
Bath (Gb)1
Europe1
Italy1
Llangollen (Wales)1
London (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4
Gough, Richard (1735-1809)4
Hone, William (1780-1842)4
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)4
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)3
Hunter, Robert2
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel De Riqueti Comte De (1749-1791)2
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel De Riqueti, Comte De, 1749-17912
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)2

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From 17004
From 18009
From 190058
From 20001

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Up to 17994
Up to 18998
Up to 199958
Up to latest2

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Life & letters at Bath in the xviijth century

Barbeau, A (1867-); Dobson, Austin (1840-1921); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1904

Title in red and black; title vignette. Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxxi) and index.

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Italian letters of a diplomat's wife, January-May, 1880, February-April, 1904

Waddington, Mme Mary Alsop King (1923)

1905

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Archive File

Miscellaneous letters, mainly domestic and social, and papers of the Marshall family of Leeds and Coniston, 1830-1884

Marshall Family

1830-1844

Writers include Jane Marshall, Jane Dorothea Marshall, Mary Anne Marshall, Richard M. Milner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Leslie Stephen, Mary de Vere and Thomas Woolner

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Archive File

Plough Monday

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1982

This file contains a typed letter from Tony Green to the Editor of the 'Times', concerning a letter to that newspaper from Mr. J. W. Swillington regarding Plough Monday and the traditional drama assoc...

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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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Archive Sub-sub-series

Easter Egg Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962-1963

This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...

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