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Total number of records: 162

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives158
Books and printed items4

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture154
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Brotherton Collection2

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
commerce2
clock and watch makers1
architecture1
advertisements1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Lancashire162
England160
Bickerstaffe11
Yealand11
Marshside11
Pilling11
Ribchester11
Read11
Thistleton11
Harwood11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)121
Wright, Peter33
Wright, William11
Wade, Jim10
Morris, Miss Polly10
Halton, Tom8
Lunt, Jack7
Lonsdale, Jim7
Rimmer, Seth7
Isherwood, Joe7

Count of Earliest date

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From 18004
From 1900158

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18994
Up to 1999158

Archive Collection

WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

nd [19th century]

Comprising pedigrees of Lancashire families with tricked arms, list at rear

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Gore's directory of Liverpool and its environs

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); J. Gore and Son (Firm)

1827

Includes trade advertisements

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Biographical list of clockmakers : North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680-1900

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); University of Lancaster. Centre for North-West Regional Studies

1996

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Coniston Response Book - 5La1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Jun 1954 - 19 Jun 1954

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...

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Marshside Response Book - 5La10

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Apr 1954 - 14 Apr 1954

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...

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Eccleston Response Book - 5La11

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

20 Mar 1954 - 26 Mar 1954

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...

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Harwood Response Book - 5La12

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

16 Feb 1954 - 9 Mar 1954

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...

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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13
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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 Jun 1955 - 1 Jul 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...

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Halewood Response Book - 5La14
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Halewood Response Book - 5La14

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

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...

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A." Mossycoat," as told by Taimi Boswell

1915

Handwritten account of tale" Mossycoat" as " told by Taimi Boswell at Oswal[d]twistle, 9/1/1915."

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