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Total number of records: 142

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives125
Books and printed items17

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture125
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs142
home125
culture91
community life89
occupations78
social life and customs76
holidays67
food65
nature57
rites and ceremonies52

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England11
Angleterre3
Great Britain3
Ireland2
Aynho (England)1
Grande-Bretagne1
Italy1
Kurortnyĭ RaĭOn (Russia)1
Rome (Italy)1
Russia (Federation)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)16
Tammivaara, Irmeli10
Crook, Rosemary6
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Harris, Susan5
Harrop, Peter K5
Pasanen, Leena5
Pattison, Susan5
Green, Anthony E (1943-)4
Morris, Patricia M4

Count of Earliest date

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From 1900140
From 20002

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1999140
Up to latest2

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Lili at Aynhoe : Victorian life in an English country house

Cartwright-Hignett, Elizabeth; Cartwright, Lili (1805-1902); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1989

Includes bibliographical references (page 127) and index.

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The National Trust country house album

Sykes, Christopher Simon (1948-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1989

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A country house companion

Girouard, Mark (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1987

Illustrations on endpapers.

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The private life of a country house (1912-1939)

Lewis, Lesley (1909-2010); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1980

Includes index.

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Women of the Rhondda Valleys Between the Wars

Crook, Rosemary

1980

M.A. study of the women of the Rhondda Valleys and their roles as wife, mother and neighbour, on both a practical level in terms of physical comfort and support, and on an abstract level in terms of p...

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Astride the wall : a memoir, 1913-1945

Wyndham, Ursula (1913-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Trust (Great Britain)

1990

Includes index.

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Honourable estates : the English and their country houses

Heald, Tim (1944-); Cox, Paul (1957-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1992

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The country housewife : a compendium and anthology of country lore

Sekers, Simone; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1983

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index.

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Life in an Irish country house

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

1996

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-262) and index.

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The English country house party

Barstow, Phyllida; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1989

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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The search for a style : Country life and architecture, 1897-1935

Cornforth, John (1937-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Includes bibliographical references (page 9) and index.

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