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architecture11
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dwellings6
community life5
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Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Brunk, Wille2
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Anderton, Stanley (1876-1876)1
Bushell, Mr William1
Calcutt, Mr (1878-1878)1
Cook, Harry1
Duckett, Archibald (1885-1885)1
Green, L. (1894-1894)1
Humphries, Arthur1
Derelict Mine Building
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Derelict Mine Building

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph of a derelict stone building with large chimney at an unidentified location, probably in North Yorkshire. The building may have had an industrial use, possibly connected with lead...

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Straw Crafts

[1970s]

Straw crafts exhibit at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. The display includes a piece of roof thatch with the various tools and implements used to make, maintain and repair it;...

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Club Nook Cottage
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Club Nook Cottage

Brunk, Wille

26 June 1967

View of the chimney side of a stone cottage with cruck construction at Club Nook Farm, Barden Moor, near Drebley ( Wharfedale). The cottage was once thatched, but now roofed with corrugated iron. The ...

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Club Nook Cottage
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Club Nook Cottage

Brunk, Wille

26 June 1967

View of the chimney side of a stone cottage with cruck construction at Club Nook Farm, Barden Moor, near Drebley ( Wharfedale). The cottage was once thatched, but now roofed with corrugated iron. The ...

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Wakeman's House, Ripon

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of the upstairs room of the Wakeman's House in Ripon (North Yorkshire). The building is timber-framed, and is believed to have been built during the 16th century. The photogra...

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Dwelling House at Spennithorne
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Dwelling House at Spennithorne

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1967

Stone dwelling house at Spennithorne ( Wensleydale), with large stone chimney projecting from the wall. An ms. note in Werner Kissling's hand suggests that the chimney may have been added to the house...

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Chimney of Dwelling House at Spennithorne
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Chimney of Dwelling House at Spennithorne

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1967

Chimney of stone dwelling house at Spennithorne ( Wensleydale). The chimney is large in size compared to the house, and projects from the wall. An ms. note in Werner Kissling's hand suggests that it m...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Kylstra, Henk E

1961

Mr. G. Shaw, recorded at home in Whiteparish; talks about domestic lighting; thatching (hay ricks, cottages); roods (measurement of length); walls for dwellings and materials used; mowing with a scyth...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Harry Cook, recorded in Shipston on Stour (Warwickshire); talks about ploughing with horses and the setting up of a field in preparation; building and thatching hay/corn stac...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958-1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...

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