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Total number of records: 81

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture77
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Brotherton Collection2

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
traditional societies1
folklore1
gypsies1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Derbyshire81
England79
Kniveton11
Sutton-On-The-Hill11
Burbage11
Bamford11
Charlesworth11
Youlgreave11
Stonebroom11
Wales1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)77
Tom11
Woolley, Thomas W11
William11
Belfield, George9
Hullard, Joe7
Driver, Mr Jack6
Derwent, Fred6
Twigg, Alfred6
Sykes, Jim6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16002
From 18001
From 190078

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16991
Up to 17991
Up to 199979
Archive Collection:
MS 2072
c.1890 -1964
Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD333
20 Jul 1627
1. Anthony Eyre of Kampton [Nottinghamshire], esquire and Gervaise Eyre his son 2. Thomas Forth of Chesterfield [Derbyshire], butcher Property: two adjoining clottages and their crofts, a close call...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD341
1668-1764
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/1
12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
MS 2072/2/B
1919-1924
Exercise book of handwritten accounts of tales of Appy Boswell and Lander Lee, [Smith] collected from various sources, (Lee, Smith and Boswell families) mainly around the Derbyshire area during period...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/2
7 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/3
21 Oct 1955 - 27 Oct 1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/4
29 Nov 1955 - 3 Dec 1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/5
9 Mar 1956 - 16 Mar 1956
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/6
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/7
25 Apr 1956 - 4 May 1956
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/1/1
12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Jack Driver recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...