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Total number of records: 178

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culture176
english language - dialects176
language and languages159
nature54
animals43
occupations17
community life15
food14
persons11
communication9

Top 10: People and organisations

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)178
North, David J22
Green, Anthony E (1943-)9
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Arnold, Martin5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Nixon, Graham5
Studio Jaanus Limited4
Halliday, Wilfrid Joseph3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2

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Photographic Negatives

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s-1970s]

The photographic negatives held by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) comprise 620 individual negatives and sets of negatives. The collection consists of a variety of formats, incl...

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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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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference Caption

c.1960-c.1980

A typed caption to the associated photograph (P2150). "Dr W. K. Halliday, Mr Martin E. Arnold, Professor Harold Orton and Mr Stanley Ellis on the occasion of the publication of the first book of the S...

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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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