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A Description of the Dialect of Timperley, Cheshire
Lawton, Jean B
1973
A study of the dialect spoken in Timperley, Cheshire, based on fieldwork interviews with two local informants.
Ryedale Folk: Snaith, Dot
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...
American English Dialect Maps
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Copy of pages 584-585 of W. Nelson Francis' 'The Structure of American English' (New York: Ronald Press Co, 1958), showing Appendix Map 5, Vocabulary Isoglosses, and Map 6, Loanword Isoglosses. The ma...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Ashton, John
[1974/1975]
Harry Slack, recorded in his home in Leeds. Talks about his family; village ceilidhes in Ireland; melodeons; music at the Regent pub in Leeds; sings [unidentified]; discusses the learning of songs; si...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Coldharbour, Surrey
Sep 1959
[Side 1] Mr Ede compares farming now and in past, reflects on improved working conditions due to introduction of farm machinery, talks about work at Broome Hall, comments estate now in decline, descri...
Remarks upon Field Work for an English Linguistic Atlas of England.
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1953
This file contains a photocopy of Harold Orton's article outlining how the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldwork was conducted, and the 3-4 day process undertaken by fieldworkers to elicit inform...
Sound Recordings, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and East Sussex
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959
[Collector announcement]; Harry Prior, recorded in East Harting (West Sussex) in June 1959; talks about Sussex farm waggons; harvesting and building a stack; thatching a haystack; local parkland; info...