the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Century of Experience: 1450 to 1499 1500 to 1599 1600 to 1699 1700 to 1799
1800 to 1849 1850 to 1899 1900 to 1945

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Name:

Search for name in: Reader Listener Reading Group

Gender: Male Female

Age: Child (0-17) Adult (18 - 100+)

Socio-economic Group:

Servant	Labourer (agricultural)
Labourer (non-agricultural)	Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Clergy (includes all denominations)	Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Gentry	Royalty / aristocracy

Other (please specify):

Occupation:

Religion:

Country of Origin:

Text Being Read

Author:

Title:

Genre(s) / Subject matter(s):

Choose as many below as appropriate
Bible	Sermon	Other Religious	Classics
Fiction	Drama	Essays / Criticism	History
Poetry	Children's Lit	Social Science	Heraldry
Biography	Autobiog / Diary	Geography / Travel	Politics
Philosophy	Education	Sport / Leisure	Crafts
Textbook / self-education	Conduct books	Law	Science
Arts / architecture	Cookery	Medicine	Ephemera
Mathematics	Technology	Emblem book
Natural history	Miscellany / Anthology	Astrology / alchemy / occult
Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry		Reference / General works
Unknown

Other (please specify):

Form of Text Print:

Choose as many below as appropriate OR select : Any Print
Advertisement	Book	Broadsheet	Form
Handbill	Newspaper	Pamphlet	Poster
Serial / periodical	Ticket	Unknown

Form of Text Manuscript:

Choose as many below as appropriate OR select : Any Manuscript
Codex	Graffito	Letter	Unknown
Pamphlet	Roll	Sheet

Any known publication details of the text being read:

e.g year, edition, publisher, translation

Provenance (choose one):

Borrowed (circulating library)	Found	Subscription Library
Borrowed (institution library)	Owned	Unknown
Borrowed (private library)	Read in situ
Borrowed (public library)	Reading group
Borrowed (other)	Stolen

Time of Experience of Reader / Listener: Morning Afternoon Evening
Daytime Night

Country of Experience of Reader / Listener:

Places of Experience:

County:

Other "places of experience":

First:

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Second:

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you want to search: City / Town / Village
Specific Address

Location in Dwelling
Other Location

This search will give you records that match all the text you enter here and the check boxes you tick; for example, if you a) enter "london" in County, enter "high street" in "other places" and tick b) "Specific address" and c) "Other location", only records that have "london" in County and "high street" in both "specific address" and "other location" will be listed in the results page (which probably will be none).