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A Synchronic Study of the Dialect of Thorney, Cambridgeshire
Murray, Rhona S
1969
A study of the dialect spoken in Thorney in Cambridgeshire, based on data collected from interviews with three local informants, conducted during the Easter and summer of 1968. An introduction to th...
Ryedale Folk: Dowson, Ken
2022-2023
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...
SED Phonological Map: Moon
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VII.6.3, Moon, mapping the various vowel forms in responses collected in the Northern Counties. The map is labelled Northern E...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
17 February 1973
George Roberts, dry stone waller, interviewed in Cawthorne with T. Frank Matthewman (Chairman of Cawthorne Parish Council). GR explains dry stone wall construction techniques; source of stone; tools; ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Withypool, Somerset
10 Dec 1956
[Side 1] Harry talks about severe flash floods of August 1952, recalls first noticing water rising up through ground in dairy, explains how he took turns with wife to bail out dairy through night, rec...
Sound Recording, Somerset
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Joyce Oxley
[1956]
Harry Reed, recorded in Withypool, gives an account of the Lynmouth floods of August 1952, and in particular their effect on Withypool and the surrounding area. Describes the floodwater, the possible ...
A Phonological Analysis of a Dialect Recording of Withypool (Somerset)
Oxley, Joyce
1970
A study of the dialect spoken in Withypool, Somerset, based on the collector's analysis of a tape recording of one male speaker, made by Stanley Ellis in 1956.