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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...
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;...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...