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Scud Winder
[1940s-1950s]
Scud winder used for hand twisting straw rope, probably from Suffolk. The instrument is made from two pieces of iron(?) welded(?) together. The first is attached at right angles to a wooden handle. Th...
Printing Matrices
[1960s]
Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...
Printing Matrices
Balding and Mansell
[1960s]
Wooden box containing printing matrices, or mats, supplied by the Monotype Corporation. A printed label attached to the box describes the item as Matrix Case for a Composition Caster. The label is com...
SED Word Map: Funnel
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1950s-1960s]
Experimental word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.9.3, Funnel, mapping responses Funnel, Vunnel, Tunnel, and Tunning-Dish. The map was created by Harold Orton.
SED Word Map: Swingletree
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., mapping responses to SED question I.8.3, Swingletree.
Cow Tether
Brunk, Wille
8 June 1967
Tether over wooden partition in stone cow byre attached to farmhouse at Black Dyke Farm, near Heptonstall (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk...
Ring for Cow Tether
Brunk, Wille
8 June 1967
Ring for cow tether, attached to wooden partition in stone cow byre attached to farmhouse at Black Dyke Farm, near Heptonstall (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Ms. catalogue details in th...
Watering Trough
Brunk, Wille
8 June 1967
Drinking trough in stone cow byre attached to farmhouse at Black Dyke Farm, near Heptonstall (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.
Stable Interior: Tack Room
Brunk, Wille
May 1967
Tack room of stables at Cleveland House Farm, Hutton Gate (North Yorkshire), showing harnesses, reins, etc. The stables were built in the 1860s for the housing of Cleveland Bay horses. Mounted on Phot...
Stable Interior: Tack Room
Brunk, Wille
May 1967
Tack room of stables at Cleveland House Farm, Hutton Gate (North Yorkshire), showing harnesses, reins, etc. The stables were built in the 1860s for the housing of Cleveland Bay horses. Mounted on Phot...
SED Word Map: Shaft (of Scythe)
Kylstra, Henk E
[Mid-late 1960s]
Experimental printed word map showing responses to SED question II.9.7, Scythe. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, as a draft. It was created by Henk Kylstra, and is dated January 1964 i...
SED Word Map: Shaft (of Scythe)
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question II.9.8, Shaft (of Scythe), mapping the distribution of responses Snead, Sneath, Shaft, and Pole.