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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)197
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Green, Anthony E (1943-)29
SED Questionnaire Page: Irregular and Auxiliary Verbs
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SED Questionnaire Page: Irregular and Auxiliary Verbs

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page 68 of the SED Questionnaire as published by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with questions for sections IX.3 Irregular Verbs, and IX.4 Auxiliary Verbs.

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SED Northern Counties Locality List
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SED Northern Counties Locality List

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of the network of localities surveyed for the SED in the 6 Northern Counties, i.e. Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. The localities are listed in nu...

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SED Northern Counties Locality Map
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SED Northern Counties Locality Map

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the network of localities surveyed in the Northern Counties for the SED. Each place is represented on the map by its SED locality number.

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SED Yorkshire Localities Map
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SED Yorkshire Localities Map

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing localities in Yorkshire surveyed for the SED. Locality names are given in full, rather than the SED locality number code.

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SED Response List: ME Long Vowels
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SED Response List: ME Long Vowels

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Typed list of responses to SED questions from Northumberland and Cumberland, including Middle English long vowel a-.

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Tom Cornell
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Tom Cornell

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1952-1953]

Survey of English Dialects informant, [Tom Cornell], in the garden of his home. Mr. Cornell's identity is uncertain as the labelling on the back of this photograph has been damaged and is now only par...

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Bill Hewison
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Bill Hewison

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1952]

Survey of English Dialects informant, Bill Hewison, standing in the doorway of his home in Bedale (North Yorkshire). The dating of this photograph is based on Stanley Ellis's SED fieldwork activity in...

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Charlie Brownsword
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Charlie Brownsword

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1952]

Survey of English Dialects informant, Charlie Brownsword, standing with his dog outside his home in Burton in Lonsdale (North Yorkshire). The dating of this photograph is based on Stanley Ellis's SED ...

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W. H. Thompson
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W. H. Thompson

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1952]

Survey of English Dialects informant, W. H. Thompson, standing in the doorway of his home in Melsonby (North Yorkshire). The dating of this photograph is based on Stanley Ellis's SED fieldwork activit...

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Willie Pitt
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Willie Pitt

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1953]

Survey of English Dialects informant, Willie Pitt, standing in the doorway of his home in Embleton (Northumberland). The dating of this photograph is based on Stanley Ellis's SED fieldwork activity in...

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Linguistic Atlas of England Base Map
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Linguistic Atlas of England Base Map

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Printed base map, headed Linguistic Atlas of England, and with English counties, SED county codes and SED locality numbers marked.

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SED Response List: Gander
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SED Response List: Gander

[Early-mid 1970s]

Printed page of responses to SED question IV.6.16, Gander, from localities in the West Midlands. The page is headed with the question number and subject, the question as recorded in the SED questionna...

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