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Total number of records: 59

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Archives58
Books and printed items1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture55
Brotherton Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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Dorset59
England57
Ansty11
Handley11
Kingston11
Portesham11
Whitchurch Canonicorum11
Buckinghamshire1
Chettle1
Hampshire1

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Wright, John T55
Charlie11
Hodder, Sydney Joseph11
Syd11
Symonds, John Dicker11
Thorn, Charles11
Gould, Henry6
Reeve House, Wilfrid Thomas6
Hopkins, Walter William5
Senneck, Jane5

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West (John), Rector of Chettle, Dorset, Letter to The Rev.Reginald Smith.

13/12/1844

Partly on good progress of Gypsy Fund for a Scriptural education for the “hitherto outcast Gypsy children”.

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"Romany's removed."

22/Oct/1963

Panaramic scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers from Cranford Heath, Poole. Scene includes Gypsy Traveller wagons, RSPCA van and police directing vehicles.

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Handley Response Book - 38Do1
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Handley Response Book - 38Do1

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

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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Book I: The Farm [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Charlie Thorn recorded by fieldworker John Wright in the International P...

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Notes [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Book II: Farming [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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Book III: Animals [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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Book IV: Nature [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Book VI: The Human Body [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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