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Total number of records: 79

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture77
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Brotherton Collection2

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
traditional societies1
folklore1
gypsies1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Derbyshire79
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
Woolley, Thomas W11
Tom11
William11
Belfield, George9
Hullard, Joe7
Driver, Mr Jack6
Smith, Bill6
Derwent, Fred6
Sykes, Jim6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18001
From 190078
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 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...
Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/1/2
12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/8/1/3
12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.