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Total number of records: 139

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	136
Archives	3

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Cookery Collection	6
Brotherton Collection	4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History	4
Herbert Read Collection	2
Leeds Russian Archive	2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
country homes	139
architecture, domestic	31
manors	29
historic buildings	27
manners and customs	13
country life	9
castles	7
nobility	7
interior decoration	6
dwellings	5

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
England	49
Great Britain	22
Ireland	7
Scotland	5
Angleterre	3
Gloucestershire (England)	3
North Yorkshire (England)	2
Aynho (England)	1
Beer (England)	1
Bignor (Sussex, England)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	121
Harris, John (1931-)	6
National Trust (Great Britain)	5
Waterson, Edward	5
Cornforth, John (1937-)	4
Girouard, Mark (1931-)	4
Jackson-Stops, Gervase	4
Meadows, Peter (1958-)	4
Wilson, C Anne	4
Kingsley, Nicholas	3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	1
From 1800	6
From 1900	108
From 2000	23

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1899	7
Up to 1999	108
Up to latest	23

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How to read a country house

Musson, Jeremy; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2005

Includes bibliographical references and index. Reading a country house -- Reading the outside -- Reading the inside -- Reading the symbols -- Reading the rooms 1200-1750 -- Reading the rooms 1750-19...

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A guide to Irish country houses

Bence-Jones, Mark; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Originally published as: Burke's guide to country houses. Volume I, Ireland. London : Burke's Peerage, 1978. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxviii) and index.

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