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Total number of records: 28

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SubjectCount
community life28
culture18
english language - dialects14
education13
manners and customs13
entertainment events11
occupations10
animals9
nature9
agriculture8

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Wright, Peter5
Monaghan, Ann M4
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Ashton, Mr2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Sykes, Donald Richard2
Wright, John T2
(Charlie)1
Agar, Arthur1

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Questionnaire Response Books: Non-SED and Unused Locations

1951-1952

This subseries includes fieldwork response books recording phonetically the responses of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by fieldw...

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing houses and street furniture adorned with decorations for jubilee celebrations by the Preston Guild.

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing a street party, organised by the Preston Guild, with children seated at long tables.

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The Living Dialect of Walshaw

Walker, Brenda Mary

1952

A study of the dialect spoken in Walshaw in Lancashire.

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Preston Guild Photographs

[1974]

The two photographs show street scenes in Preston relating to the activities of the Preston Guild. The first shows decorations adorning houses and street furniture; the second a street party, with chi...

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Fieldworkers' Expense Books

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1949-1965

This file contains notebooks belonging to Harold Orton and Stanley Ellis, recording expenses incurred during fieldwork trips for the Survey of English Dialects (SED). Orton's expense books cover the...

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Preston Guild Merchant: A Study of Traditional Involvement in a Civic Ceremony

Monaghan, Ann M

1974

A dissertation providing impressions of the 1972 Preston Guild Merchant ( Preston, Lancashire), based on personal observation and interviews with local people (who also provided information on the 195...

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Hampshire Response Books

Wright, John T; Wright, Peter; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1952-1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Hampshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were rec...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Continuation of interview, started on tape A019, with ? Frank Hartley in Preston, regarding the Preston Guild of 1972 - local reaction after the event, cost of the event and commercial benefits, publi...

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Oxfordshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1953

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Oxfordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were r...

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Kent Response Books

Wright, Peter; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1952-1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Kent to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Male [? Mr. Ashton], recorded in Preston [continued from tape A020], talks about the organisation of the 1972 Preston Guild - Local Government involvement, pre-publicity lectures, the representation o...

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