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Total number of records: 190

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture190
english language - dialects190
food190
food crops190
occupations181
agriculture176
implements, utensils etc128
community life116
nature95
animals90

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)115
Fothergill, George William47
Raw, David23
Dunn, Ginette15
Fothergill, Mrs14
Hodgson, John Oswald9
Holdsworth, Mr N.7
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Holy Jim3

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Sound Recordings, Kent and London

Kemp, P K

September 1969

Bill Selsdon, recorded in Maidstone, describes hop picking in Headcorn (Kent) as a child with his family; accommodation in Hopper Huts; travelling from London (on the Hopping Train); hop picking seaso...

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SED Word Map: Stack
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SED Word Map: Stack

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Midlands, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question II.7.1, Stack, mapping responses Stack(s), Rick(s) and Mow(s).

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, mapping the distribution of responses Scallions and Chibboles. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of England.

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SED Word Map: Stackyard
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SED Word Map: Stackyard

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties for SED question I.1.4, Stackyard, mapping responses Stack-Croft, Stack-Garth, Haggard and Stack-Yard.

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, mapping the distribution of responses Young Onions and Shallots. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of England.

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, mapping the distribution of responses Chipples, Chibboles and Gibbles. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of En...

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Early-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, mapping the distribution of responses Spring Onions and Green Onions. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of Eng...

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SED Phonological Map: Harvest
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SED Phonological Map: Harvest

[Late 1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question II.6.1, Harvest, mapping the distribution of responses where the initial H is retained. The map is initialled C. G., and dated...

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, showing the distribution of responses Scallions, and Chibboles. The map is completed in typescript, labelled Fig.22, and headed Li...

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SED Word Map: Stubble
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SED Word Map: Stubble

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question II.1.2, Stubble (i.e. what is left in a field after harvesting), mapping the response Stubbles, and the limits of the responses Arrish/Errish, Gratton, S...

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SED Word Map: Stacks
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SED Word Map: Stacks

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question II.7.1, Stacks, mapping responses Mows, Ricks and Stacks, and the limits of these responses. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and David North, is dat...

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SED Word Map: Stacks
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SED Word Map: Stacks

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question II.7.1, Stacks, showing the geographical limits of the responses Stacks, Ricks, and Mows. The map was produced by Harold Orton and Dav...

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