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Total number of records: 12

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occupations12
community life10
culture9
agriculture8
english language - dialects7
nature7
animals6
education4
entertainment events4
folk music4

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
William2
Agar, Arthur1
Babbidge, P A1
Baldwin, John R1
Belfield, George1
Bellfield, Jim1
Blackburn, Margaret1
Caitle, Fred1

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The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations, Past and Present

Babbidge, P A

1982

A dissertation which traces the evolution of a major commercial waterway, and describes the lives of the men who work, and have worked, on it (based on a number of fieldwork visits and interviews).

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

2 April 1976

Bill Stomper, recorded at home in Rosedale Abbey; talks about the village, changes and loss of community spirit; harvest suppers and singing; dialect songs; favourite songs; Fred Linley; Arthur Champi...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

May 1956

[Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'tha...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire

Baldwin, John R

1966-1969

Compilation of folk songs and conversation, selected from fieldwork recordings LAVC/SRE/A476r - A493r. The majority of the (male and female) singers were recorded in their own homes, singing unaccompa...

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Willow-Growing and Basket-Making in Mawdesley, Lancashire

Blackburn, Margaret

1978

M.A. study of the willow-growing and basket-making industry in Mawdesley, Lancashire. Volume One outlines the history and organisation of the industry, and details working conditions, the training of ...

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The Worst Printer Ever. A Study of the Brereton Broadside Ballads Contained in W10 of the Bigger Collection, held by the Central Reference Library, Belfast

Neilands, Colin W

1983

M.A. study of a collection of sixty-six ballads collected by F. J. Bigger, forming part of the F. J. Bigger Collection at Belfast Central Reference Library. Fifty-five of these were printed by Peter B...

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Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk

Pearson, Margaret Frances

1977

A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

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

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

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

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955

Bob King and his wife, recorded in Totternhoe;[Gap, 2 mins.]; Mr. King describes some [?local] caves; Sunday School treats; visitors to the area and locals serving tea to them; local people; the litan...

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The Six Northern Counties and the Isle of Man (Volume 1)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1962-1969

This subseries contains papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in Northern England and the Isle of Man, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) N...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

1965

An interview recorded in the farmhouse of William Eliot. Mr. Eliot talks about the village of Derwent before the building of the Howden, Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs; livestock; local farms; the m...

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