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Total number of records: 55

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English Literature26
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture9
Brotherton Collection7
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5
Herbert Read Collection3
Ripon Cathedral1

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SubjectCount
english language55
dialect literature8
dialect poetry8
english literature5
bishops3
caves3
almanacs, english2
folklore2
dialect literature, english1
english wit and humor1

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PlaceCount
Yorkshire (England)16
Leeds (England)10
England6
West Yorkshire (England)5
Great Britain3
Oxford (England)3
Swaledale (England)3
West Riding of Yorkshire (England)3
Cayton (England)2
Lancashire (England)2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Yorkshire Dialect Society8
Dyer, Samuel6
Moorman, F W (1872-1919)5
Robinson, C Clough4
Harland, John (1806-1868)3
Hutton, John (1740?-1806)3
Morris, Marmaduke Charles Frederick (1844-)3
Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786-1861)2
Bobbin, Tim (1708-1786)2
Burnley, James (1842-1919)2

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From 180024
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Saunterer's satchel and West-Riding almanac for

Burnley, James (1842-1919)

[1875-1880]

1875-1881 Wanting: covers for 1877 and 1881 issues. Shelved in box lettered 'DIALECT ALMANACS BRADFORD' 1875-1880 Shelved in box lettered 'DIALECT ALMANACS BRADFORD' Vols for <1881-> bear the imprin...

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Saunterer's satchel and West-Riding almanac for

Burnley, James (1842-1919)

[1875-1880]

1875-1880 1875-1877 Bound [no.1-3] with 'Yorkshireman comic annual', 1876-7, 1880; and 'Girlington journal almanack', 1875, in volume lettered 'SAUNTERER'S SATCHEL' Vols for <1881-> bear the imprint...

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The miscellaneous works of Tim Bobbin... : containing his view of the Lancashire dialect ; with large additions and improvements. Also his poem of the flying dragon and the man of Heaton : to which is added, a life of the author ; Plebeian politics ; or, The principles and practices of certain mole-eyed maniacs vulgarly called Warrites by way of dialogue betwixt two Lancashire towns ; together with several fugitive pieces

Bobbin, Tim (1708-1786); Townley, Richard; Bobbin, Tim the Second (1728-)

1812 [i.e. 1815]

"Plebian politics" has separate t.p. and pagination. "A glossary of Lancashire words and phrases": pages [62]-111, first grouping; p. [81]-89, second grouping. The battle of the flying dragon and ...

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A dictionary of the Kentish dialect and provincialisms in use in the county of Kent

Parish, W D (1833-1904); Shaw, W F (1839-1904)

1888

"Dick and Sal at Canterbury fair", poem by J.W. Masters: p. [xiii]-xxiv.

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The Yorkshire Dialect Society summer bulletin

Yorkshire Dialect Society

[no.1]- Aug.1954-

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Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society

Yorkshire Dialect Society

[v.1]- 1898- wanting: v.19, no.98, 1998: v.20, no.102, 2002 [v.1]-v.12 Incomplete

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Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society (v.23, no.106, 2006)

Yorkshire Dialect Society

Imprint varies (- York).

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A glossary of words used in Swaledale, Yorkshire

Harland, John (1806-1868)

1873

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