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Total number of records: 291

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Archives238
Books and printed items53

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture207
english language - dialects197
language and languages158
nature77
animals62
occupations50
community life49
english language38
language surveys36
food27

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England1
Muker1
Yorkshire1

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)291
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)42
University of Leeds. Department of English Language and Medieval English Literature37
North, David J22
Lenihan, J M A17
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Wakelin, Martyn F10
Barry, Michael V (1935-)9
Green, Anthony E (1943-)9
Halliday, Wilfrid J9

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From 1900290
SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping responses (Cow)-byre, Cowhouse, Cow-stable, Mistall, and Shippon. The map was create...

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SED Word Map: To Dig
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SED Word Map: To Dig

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.8, To Dig, mapping responses Delve, Dig, and Grave. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...

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SED Word Map: Udder
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SED Word Map: Udder

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.2.5, Udder, mapping responses Bag, Elder, Ewer, and Udder. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Dike, Stream, and Beck. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea
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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.8.9, to Brew Tea, mapping responses Mas(k), Mash, Wet, and Soak. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Funnel
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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.

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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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Skeleton Network Map
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Skeleton Network Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the network of localities in which fieldwork was to be undertaken for the SED. The map is headed, The Skeleton Network, and shows Selected Localities (i.e. local...

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Map of SED Localities Investigated
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Map of SED Localities Investigated

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., mapping SED localities investigated up to 30 November 1955. The map is headed English Dialect Survey in ms., and was created by Harold Orton.

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Map of SED Localities Investigated
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Map of SED Localities Investigated

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms. and typescript, mapping SED localities investigated up to 12 August 1959. The map is headed English Dialect Survey in typescript, and is initialled H.O. ( Harold Orton) a...

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SED Word Map: (Barley)-Awns
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SED Word Map: (Barley)-Awns

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map listing responses to SED question II.5.3, (Barley)-Awns. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, and as a draft map. It was created by Harold Orton, and is dated...

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