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Villages
1971
This subseries, comprising one file, contains a two-part article by John Cornforth on the village of Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (22 July 1971, pp. 214-217, an...
The Dwelling House
1966-1982
This subseries contains items relating to various aspects of the dwelling house and vernacular architecture, including types of houses and buildings, and interior architecture, fittings, equipment and...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
The Mantelpiece
Cane, Rosemary
1971
A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...
A Survey of the Farm Houses and Their Yard Buildings in the Parish of Moretonhampstead, Devon
Denny, Elizabeth
1972
A survey of thirty-two farm houses and attached yard buildings which provides a description of the vernacular architecture of the parish of Moretonhampstead in Devon. The collector describes the area,...
A Survey of Urban Terrace Housing in Harehills, Leeds
Shirley, Lindsey
1975
A factual survey of the external features of the houses and gardens within part of the Harehills area of north-east Leeds . In addition to collecting and documenting this survey material, further fiel...
Examples of Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire
Wright, Fiona J
1980
A study of vernacular architecture in a Derbyshire parish containing the settlements of Dethick, Lea, Holloway and Lea Bridge. Sections cover methodology, a glossary of architectural terms, the backgr...
Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle
Reader, Karen
1982
A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...
Thatching in Warwickshire
Green, K R
1966
An investigation into the practice of thatching in 1966 in the rural areas of south Warwickshire and the Oxfordshire border, based on fieldwork visits and interviews with four working thatchers made d...
The History and Folk Life of the Somerset Coalfield
Day, Michael Patrick
1974
A study detailing the history and past working traditions of the Somerset coalfields, with particular reference to collieries at Kilmersdon and Writhlington.
A Study of the Foundation Legend of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, and Related Motifs
Rosling, Jean
1983
M.A. dissertation which examines the foundation legend of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh ( 'Chronicon anglo-scoticum') and analogous miraculous stag/deerhunt/church founding legends. The Introduction inc...
Thatching in Wiltshire
Withers, Rosalind
1983
A dissertation which looks briefly at the history of thatching from earliest times, and then more particularly at thatching in Wiltshire in former years. The study also investigates thatching in the e...