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This programme is the fifth in the series which makes up the television components of the fourth level course "Sources and Historiography, Great Britain 1750 - 1950". John Golby, Staff Tu...tor in History at the Open University, discusses the changes in economic power and social and political influence of the landed elite "between 1750 and 1850 by looking at two Yorkshire families. The Middletons, who own Birdsall and the Sykes, who own Sledmere, still farm on the East Riding and still live in the great houses built in the mid eighteenth century, so the film is able to go some way towards recreating the life style and social context of the eighteenth century landed elite.
This programme is the fifth in the series which makes up the television components of the fourth level course "Sources and Historiography, Great Britain 1750 - 1950". John Golby, Staff Tu...tor in History at the Open University, discusses the changes in economic power and social and political influence of the landed elite "between 1750 and 1850 by looking at two Yorkshire families. The Middletons, who own Birdsall and the Sykes, who own Sledmere, still farm on the East Riding and still live in the great houses built in the mid eighteenth century, so the film is able to go some way towards recreating the life style and social context of the eighteenth century landed elite.
| Module code and title: | A401, Great Britain 1750-1950: sources and historiography |
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| Item code: | A401; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 03-04-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:10 |
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| Producer: | Patricia Hodgson |
| Contributors: | J. M.(John M.) Golby; John Popham |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Birdsall; Middleton; Sledmire; Sykes |
| Footage description: | Aerial shots of the Yorkshire Wolds around Malton. John Golby, voice over, describes two contrasting estates: the Sykes at Sledmire and the Middletons at Birdsall. Film of the Sledmire estate. Music. Details of house exterior. Similar film and description of Birdsall. Music. Golby describes the Middleton family and the Willoughby family, original owners of the estate. More film of the Wolds. Inside Birdsall House. Golby describes the landed elite's position in the area and the source materials available on them. Portrait of Henry, 6th Baron Middleton. Notebook gives his income as £20,000 p.a. Paintings, furnishings etc. in drawing room. Game books Hunt paintings. Portrait of Sir Tatton Sykes and description of the Sledmire family. Music and interiors. Library. Family portraits and bust. Discussion of family history. Golby talks to John Popham about Sykes's estate developments. Film of Wolds and explanation of enclosure policies. Film of Maramat Farm, Sledmire. Description of its development: tree planting programme. Horse wheell building (for corn threshing). Map. Estate improvements up to 1835. Golby sums up. Raises questions not answered by the programme. Shows wages book with staff details. Ties the programme in with the student project. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71298 |
| Production number: | 00525_340 |
| Videofinder number: | 3591 |
| Available to public: | no |
