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Voitl, Herbert5
Bradbury, Kathleen Frances1
Oakley (Hampshire)
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Oakley (Hampshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Timber-framed dwelling house with thatched roof, in Oakley (Hampshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 39/2.

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Sutton Veny (Wiltshire)
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Sutton Veny (Wiltshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Timber-framed dwelling houses on the main street in Sutton Veny (Wiltshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 32/7.

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Gretton (Gloucestershire)
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Gretton (Gloucestershire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Old dwelling houses in Gretton (Gloucestershire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 24/2. Both houses are timber-framed and have thatched roofs.

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Deerhurst (Gloucestershire)
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Deerhurst (Gloucestershire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View looking down the main street in Deerhurst (Gloucestershire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 24/1. A timber-framed dwelling house with a large chimney is visible in the distance.

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Steeple Ashton (Wiltshire)
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Steeple Ashton (Wiltshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View of the main street in Steeple Ashton (Wiltshire), showing dwelling houses (including timber-framed houses) and a public house. Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 32/5.

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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...

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The Derbyshire Well Dressings

Bradbury, Kathleen Frances

1971

A study of the well dressing custom observed in a number of Derbyshire villages. The first of three chapters includes sections on the origins and history of well dressing, and well dressings in litera...

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