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Total number of records: 358

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture11
english language - dialects11
community life9
education9
occupations7
quarries and quarrying5
archive administration4
nature3
agriculture2
animals2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England341
Salop (Shropshire)121
Herefordshire66
Worcestershire66
Gloucestershire44
Monmouthshire44
All Stretton11
Bream11
Brimfield11
Checkley11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Sykes, Donald Richard358
Thomas, George12
Jones, Jack11
Reece, James11
Wright, George11
Bailey, Bill10
James, Jack10
Pugh, Tom10
Pritchard, Billy9
Davies, Frank8

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The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey

Sykes, Donald Richard

1956

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Radnorshire, Breconshire, Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire

Parry, David (1937-)

1964

M.A. thesis based on fieldwork carried out in 1960 in sixteen localities in Radnorshire, Breconshire, Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire. For part of the Monmouthshire material, the collector draws on t...

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Salop (Shropshire) Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1954-1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Salop (now known as Shropshire) to the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...

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Herefordshire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard; Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Herefordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Worcestershire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1951-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Worcestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Monmouthshire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard; Parry, David (1937-)

1955-1960

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Monmouthshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Gloucestershire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

1955-1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Gloucestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses we...

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The Living Dialect of the Quarries at Crosland Hill, Near Huddersfield

Sykes, Donald Richard

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Crosland Hill in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, with particular reference to the occupational language associated with its quarrying industry.

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Kynnersley
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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Kynnersley

Sykes, Donald Richard

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by fieldworker Donald R. Sykes. The page includes responses from informant Fred Smith of Kynnersley (Shropshire), recorded on 24 May 1956, to secti...

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Skenfrith Response Book - 23Mon1
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Skenfrith Response Book - 23Mon1

Sykes, Donald Richard

20 Sep 1955 - 22 Sep 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Deerhurst Response Book - 24Gl1
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Deerhurst Response Book - 24Gl1

Sykes, Donald Richard

1 Nov 1955 - 4 Nov 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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