Peter Brears
Biographic Data
| ID | 1137457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Brears |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Brears |
| SIGNATURE | BREARS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent researcher |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Liverpool cowkeepers
An improving prospect? A history of agricultural change in Cumbria
Cumbria, the 1974 amalgamation of the historic counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire north of the sands and the western extremities of Yorkshire, is an almost entirely rural region. To th
West Country Households, 1500-1700
Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration. During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its remarkable wealth of vernacular buildings has been the object of muchattention, while the area has also seen productive excavations of early modern household goods, shedding new light on domestic history. Th…
Wressle Castle
A single burnt-out wing is all that remains of Wressle Castle which stands on the banks of the Derwent, 10 km (6 miles) east of Selby in Yorkshire. It was built in the 1390s for Thomas Percy, and formed part of a significant group of rectangular castles designed by or attributed to the architect John Lewyn, but was later refurbished to the highest standards for the fifth Earl of Northumberland in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Our kn…
Traditional Home Cooking in the Craven Dales
Craven is a predominantly limestone region of the Pennines, extending eastwards from Cumbria to the watershed of the Aire Valley in North and West Yorkshire. From the eighteenth century its farmers concentrated on sheep and cattle, especially the grazing of huge herds of Scotch cattle on their way to the English autumn markets. At this time cereal crops went into a great decline, having to be brought in from elsewhere, while meat consumption virt…
Kate M. Mason, 1914-2006
On 24 July 2006, a number of members of the Society for Folk Life Studies joined the tightly packed pews of Addingham Parish Church for a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Mrs Kate Mason, well known to all who have attended our conferences since their earliest days.Kate Harbutt, the daughter of a Bradford textile company secretary and his health inspector wife, was born in 1914. As she was growing up, her interest in the countryside was fos…
Brooms and Hurdles from the Heathlands
" Brooms and Hurdles from the Heathlands." Folk Life, 42(1), pp. 123–124
Dorset Country Pottery
" Dorset Country Pottery." Folk Life, 42(1), pp. 124–125
Bygones‘ in The Connoisseur
Bygones‘ inThe Connoisseur
When studying the traditional material culture of these islands, it soon becomes obvious that this subject was at its most popular in the 1890–1930 period, for it was at this time that most of the really significant collections were formed, and the bulk of the current body of primary publications made its appearance. The reasons for this surge of interest may be largely attributed to two major factors. The first of these was a direct reaction to …
Beyond bricolage
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The Ninth International Ethnological Food Research Congress, 1992
Every two or three years, since 1970, the International Ethnological Food Research Congress has brought together scholars from many different countries in order to explore a theme of common interest. Members will probably know the volume Food in Perspective edited by our past presidents Sandy Fenton and Trefor Owen, which records the proceedings of the third conference, held at St Fagans in 1977. This year, 1992, the Congress was held in Ireland,…
Ralph Thoresby, a Museum Visitor in Stuart England
As well as being a collector of some importance and an author on antiquarian and topographical matters, Ralph Thoresby was a compulsive diarist whose journal provides many first-hand insights into the world of collecting in England at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Boynton Hall, North Humberside
Construction of a Maiden's Garland
In 1859 the last Maiden's Garland was carried at Fylingdales Old Church for the funeral of Janey Levitt. This garland still survives relatively complete (see Fig. (8), opposite), but it has suffered considerably from woodworm, while its textile decorations are so fragile that they would shatter if handled. The accompanying drawings were prepared in October 1982 while the garland still hung in its glass case. They are substantially accurate, but f…
The Knitting Sheath
In their introduction to European Folk Art, Robert Wildhaber and Hans Jürgen Hansen stress the need for further studies into this most significant but neglected subject.1 They then proceed to reject totally the popular nineteenth-century view of folk art as an expression of nationalism, arguing that the arts of any region or state all follow great international stylistic movements, although their detailed application may vary considerably even fr…
Heart Gravestones in the Calder Valley
A number of quite difficult problems arise when dealing with the decorative elements of the material culture of a community. Due to the influence of innovative craftsmen, national fashions, and the changing needs and values of the community, they may be subject tosubstantial change which can only be recorded and analysed where a sufficient number of closely provenanced examples survive. This paper seeks to study these influences with regard to a …
Clarke Hall, Wakefield; architectural innovations in 17th-century West Yorkshire
Clarke Hall stands one mile north-east of Wakefield (SE 342222) at the side of the A642 Aberford Road. Believed to be of early Elizabethan date, the house was purchased by the West Riding County Council in 1971 for conversion into a schools museum. Over the following three years the writer undertook a programme of documentary research and excavation which established that the building was entirely renewed in the late 1670s, its materials and plan…
Oatcake in the West Riding
The techniques of making oatcake in Yorkshrre during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have already been thoroughyy dealt with in two major articles, but a recent study of archival sources within the county has thrown considerable light on the earlier practices, and it is additional informaiion that forms the basis of the present paper.Due to their poor soil and damp climate, the hills of the West Riding were unsuitable for the successful pr…
Life and Traditions in the Yorkshire Dales
Techniques of the Truro Pottery
Although the products of the craftsman potter are fairly well known, little work has been done on his working techniques, even though they appear to have varied considerably from one area of the country to another. In 1900 there were still about a hundred coarse earthenware potters working throughout England, but their numbers have been reduced drastically over the last few years, so that there are now only two such potteries in fulltime commerci…
Excavations at Potovens, near Wakefield, 1968
This report describes the excavation of three separate kiln sites: a late 15th-century clamp kiln; two six-flue kilns and a four-flue kiln, all of mid 17th-century date; and one early 18th-century kiln site. The pottery produced at these three sites covers a period from approximately 1475 to 1780 and illustrates a predominantly local character
Pottery Kilns at Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, Yorkshire
The Truro Conference, Spring 1971
An 18th-Century Chamber-Pot from Winterton, Lincs
An 18th-Century Chamber-Pot from Winterton, Lincs.." Post-Medieval Archaeology, 4(1), pp. 166–167
Heart Gravestones in the Calder Valley
A number of quite difficult problems arise when dealing with the decorative elements of the material culture of a community. Due to the influence of innovative craftsmen, national fashions, and the changing needs and values of the community, they may be subject tosubstantial change which can only be recorded and analysed where a sufficient number of closely provenanced examples survive. This paper seeks to study these influences with regard to a …
Excavations at Potovens, near Wakefield, 1968
This report describes the excavation of three separate kiln sites: a late 15th-century clamp kiln; two six-flue kilns and a four-flue kiln, all of mid 17th-century date; and one early 18th-century kiln site. The pottery produced at these three sites covers a period from approximately 1475 to 1780 and illustrates a predominantly local character
Excavations at Potovens, near Wakefield
The excavation of pottery and clay pipe kilns at Potovens has indicated the essentially local character of the wares produced and the limited nature of their market. From the late 15th century until the third quarter of the 18th-century potteries were being worked on the margins of the common land north of Wakefield, and documentary evidence provides the names of the potters and details of their activities
Techniques of the Truro Pottery
Although the products of the craftsman potter are fairly well known, little work has been done on his working techniques, even though they appear to have varied considerably from one area of the country to another. In 1900 there were still about a hundred coarse earthenware potters working throughout England, but their numbers have been reduced drastically over the last few years, so that there are now only two such potteries in fulltime commerci…
The Truro Conference, Spring 1971
Excavations at Potovens, near Wakefield
The excavation of pottery and clay pipe kilns at Potovens has indicated the essentially local character of the wares produced and the limited nature of their market. From the late 15th century until the third quarter of the 18th-century potteries were being worked on the margins of the common land north of Wakefield, and documentary evidence provides the names of the potters and details of their activities
An 18th-Century Chamber-Pot from Winterton, Lincs
An 18th-Century Chamber-Pot from Winterton, Lincs.." Post-Medieval Archaeology, 4(1), pp. 166–167
Excavations at Potovens, near Wakefield, 1968
This report describes the excavation of three separate kiln sites: a late 15th-century clamp kiln; two six-flue kilns and a four-flue kiln, all of mid 17th-century date; and one early 18th-century kiln site. The pottery produced at these three sites covers a period from approximately 1475 to 1780 and illustrates a predominantly local character
Pottery Kilns at Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, Yorkshire
The Truro Conference, Spring 1971
Techniques of the Truro Pottery
Although the products of the craftsman potter are fairly well known, little work has been done on his working techniques, even though they appear to have varied considerably from one area of the country to another. In 1900 there were still about a hundred coarse earthenware potters working throughout England, but their numbers have been reduced drastically over the last few years, so that there are now only two such potteries in fulltime commerci…
Oatcake in the West Riding
The techniques of making oatcake in Yorkshrre during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have already been thoroughyy dealt with in two major articles, but a recent study of archival sources within the county has thrown considerable light on the earlier practices, and it is additional informaiion that forms the basis of the present paper.Due to their poor soil and damp climate, the hills of the West Riding were unsuitable for the successful pr…
Life and Traditions in the Yorkshire Dales
Clarke Hall, Wakefield; architectural innovations in 17th-century West Yorkshire
Clarke Hall stands one mile north-east of Wakefield (SE 342222) at the side of the A642 Aberford Road. Believed to be of early Elizabethan date, the house was purchased by the West Riding County Council in 1971 for conversion into a schools museum. Over the following three years the writer undertook a programme of documentary research and excavation which established that the building was entirely renewed in the late 1670s, its materials and plan…
The Knitting Sheath
In their introduction to European Folk Art, Robert Wildhaber and Hans Jürgen Hansen stress the need for further studies into this most significant but neglected subject.1 They then proceed to reject totally the popular nineteenth-century view of folk art as an expression of nationalism, arguing that the arts of any region or state all follow great international stylistic movements, although their detailed application may vary considerably even fr…
Heart Gravestones in the Calder Valley
A number of quite difficult problems arise when dealing with the decorative elements of the material culture of a community. Due to the influence of innovative craftsmen, national fashions, and the changing needs and values of the community, they may be subject tosubstantial change which can only be recorded and analysed where a sufficient number of closely provenanced examples survive. This paper seeks to study these influences with regard to a …
Construction of a Maiden's Garland
In 1859 the last Maiden's Garland was carried at Fylingdales Old Church for the funeral of Janey Levitt. This garland still survives relatively complete (see Fig. (8), opposite), but it has suffered considerably from woodworm, while its textile decorations are so fragile that they would shatter if handled. The accompanying drawings were prepared in October 1982 while the garland still hung in its glass case. They are substantially accurate, but f…
Boynton Hall, North Humberside
Ralph Thoresby, a Museum Visitor in Stuart England
As well as being a collector of some importance and an author on antiquarian and topographical matters, Ralph Thoresby was a compulsive diarist whose journal provides many first-hand insights into the world of collecting in England at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The Ninth International Ethnological Food Research Congress, 1992
Every two or three years, since 1970, the International Ethnological Food Research Congress has brought together scholars from many different countries in order to explore a theme of common interest. Members will probably know the volume Food in Perspective edited by our past presidents Sandy Fenton and Trefor Owen, which records the proceedings of the third conference, held at St Fagans in 1977. This year, 1992, the Congress was held in Ireland,…
Bygones‘ in The Connoisseur
Bygones‘ inThe Connoisseur
When studying the traditional material culture of these islands, it soon becomes obvious that this subject was at its most popular in the 1890–1930 period, for it was at this time that most of the really significant collections were formed, and the bulk of the current body of primary publications made its appearance. The reasons for this surge of interest may be largely attributed to two major factors. The first of these was a direct reaction to …
Beyond bricolage
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Brooms and Hurdles from the Heathlands
" Brooms and Hurdles from the Heathlands." Folk Life, 42(1), pp. 123–124
Dorset Country Pottery
" Dorset Country Pottery." Folk Life, 42(1), pp. 124–125
Kate M. Mason, 1914-2006
On 24 July 2006, a number of members of the Society for Folk Life Studies joined the tightly packed pews of Addingham Parish Church for a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Mrs Kate Mason, well known to all who have attended our conferences since their earliest days.Kate Harbutt, the daughter of a Bradford textile company secretary and his health inspector wife, was born in 1914. As she was growing up, her interest in the countryside was fos…
Wressle Castle
A single burnt-out wing is all that remains of Wressle Castle which stands on the banks of the Derwent, 10 km (6 miles) east of Selby in Yorkshire. It was built in the 1390s for Thomas Percy, and formed part of a significant group of rectangular castles designed by or attributed to the architect John Lewyn, but was later refurbished to the highest standards for the fifth Earl of Northumberland in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Our kn…
Traditional Home Cooking in the Craven Dales
Craven is a predominantly limestone region of the Pennines, extending eastwards from Cumbria to the watershed of the Aire Valley in North and West Yorkshire. From the eighteenth century its farmers concentrated on sheep and cattle, especially the grazing of huge herds of Scotch cattle on their way to the English autumn markets. At this time cereal crops went into a great decline, having to be brought in from elsewhere, while meat consumption virt…
West Country Households, 1500-1700
Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration. During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its remarkable wealth of vernacular buildings has been the object of muchattention, while the area has also seen productive excavations of early modern household goods, shedding new light on domestic history. Th…
Liverpool cowkeepers
Art (18 works) · History (17 works) · History (16 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Geography (9 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (9 works) · Visual arts (8 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Art history (6 works) · Historical Architecture and Urbanism (6 works)