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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Voitl, Herbert2
Dewsbury, Sidney1
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Hansen, Andr M (1857-1932)1
Hard, May1
Hard, Mr1
Houck, Charles L1
Longthorne, Fred1

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Landnåm i Norge : en utsigt over bosætningens historie

Hansen, Andr M (1857-1932)

1904

Contents: Det ariske landnåm. Topagrafiske studier over bostedsnavnene.--Væksternes indvandringsveie. Plantegeografiske studier.--Den første bosætning. Arkæologiske studier.--Fin, kvæn, lap. Etn...

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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: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms. in colour, for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping the limits of responses Burn, Beck and Brook, and the responses Dike, Stre...

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SED Word Map: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Wakelin, Martyn F; Dyson, B Ronald

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Burn, Beck and Brook. The map was compiled by B. Ronald Dyson and Martyn W...

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SED Word Map: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Beck, Brook, Burn, Dike and Stream, and the northern and southern limits o...

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Withypool (Somerset)
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Withypool (Somerset)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View of the village of Withypool (Somerset) from the River Barle (visible in the foreground). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 31/8.

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Avebury (Wiltshire)
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Avebury (Wiltshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View looking towards the village of Avebury (Wiltshire), from the stone avenue which leads away from the Avebury stone circle (on left of the photograph). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 32/...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Oldroyd, Charles H

6 Sep 1976 - 9 Sep 1976

Fred Longthorne, of Greenhow Hill, talks about lead mining in Nidderdale, and Greenhow Hill in particular: tools, local mines, clothing, shoes, discovering Stump Cross Caverns; mining career in the 19...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Sidney Dewsbury, recorded in Pymore on 19 July 1975; talks about his working life; local floods in 1937 and 1940; work for river authority; strengthening/building river banks...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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