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Total number of records: 321

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Archives267
Books and printed items54

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture266
Cookery Collection54

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
food321
implements, utensils etc207
occupations178
culture142
food crops138
english language - dialects135
agriculture133
dairy products99
community life86
nature75

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)231
Scott, Mrs M. E.64
Fothergill, George William47
Raw, David23
Fothergill, Mrs14
Hodgson, John Oswald9
Holdsworth, Mr N.7
Horner, Will6
Timbs, John (1801-1875)6
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)6

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From 180039
From 1900282

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Up to 1999284
Cookery book compiled ca.1914 by Magdalen (Lena) Fraser Bennet and Alice Agnes Dean Bennet, of Ibrox, Glasgow
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Cookery book compiled ca.1914 by Magdalen (Lena) Fraser Bennet and Alice Agnes Dean Bennet, of Ibrox, Glasgow

Bennet, Magdalen Fraser (1875-1962)

c.1914

Mainly in pencil; loosely sewn into a limp cloth wrapper originally part of a different volume and bearing in gold stamp 'The Scottish Temperance League Register 1914'; partially paginated (f.1r = p.3...

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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea
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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.8.9, to Brew Tea, mapping responses Mas(k), Mash, Wet, and Soak. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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Maize Store at the Village Museum (Bucharest)
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Maize Store at the Village Museum (Bucharest)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Circular wooden maize store with conical thatched roof, on exhibition at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. Mounted on Photo File card.

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SED Word Map: Scraps
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SED Word Map: Scraps

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map with responses for SED question III.12.10, Scraps (i.e. the leftovers from rendered lard).

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Stone Cottage at Carlton
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Stone Cottage at Carlton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Dressed stone cottage with pear tree trained up the front, at Carlton ( Coverdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0329. With ms. notes.

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded Victorian range inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). Young male informant lifting grate; rag rug in foreground. At the time of photographing, the range and its fittings...

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Elderly female informant tending fire in black leaded Victorian range inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing....

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded Victorian range with various fittings, inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing. Mounted on Photo ...

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Leaded Fireplace with Rekkans
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Leaded Fireplace with Rekkans

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded fireplace with rekkans bar, from which cooking utensils were suspended, at a dwelling house in Marrick ( Swaledale). The bar was probably produced by the village blacksmith. Mounted on Ph...

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17th Century Fireplace
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17th Century Fireplace

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1965

Fireplace in 17th century stone house in Langrigg (North Yorkshire), showing side oven (for baking bread) and keeping hole. The fireplace is typical of the period, and has a loose fire-grate and fitti...

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17th Century Fireplace
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17th Century Fireplace

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1965

Fireplace in 17th century stone house in Langrigg (North Yorkshire), showing side oven (for baking bread) and keeping holes. The fireplace is typical of the period, and has a loose fire-grate and fitt...

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17th Century Fireplace
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17th Century Fireplace

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1965

Fireplace in 17th century stone house in Langrigg (North Yorkshire), showing keeping holes or side oven for baking bread. The fireplace is typical of the period, and has a loose fire-grate and fitting...

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