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Yorkshire Response List: Coal
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question IV.4.5, Coal. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form w...
SED Phonological Map: Coal
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.4.5, Coal, mapping the various vowel types. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects: Northern...
SED Word Map: Ashes
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.4.5, Ashes, mapping responses Ass, Ess, Ashes, Eshes and Ash. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and J. M., is dated January 1964 ...
SED Word Map: Ashes
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.4.5, Ashes, mapping responses Ass, Ess, Ashes, Eshes and Ash. The map is labelled as a draft.
A Historical Description of the Living Dialect of Poynton, Cheshire
Ashurst, B W
1961
A study of the dialect spoken in Poynton, Cheshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with five local people during the Easter and summer of 1960.
Stone Cottages at West Scrafton
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1964
Stone cottages at West Scrafton ( Coverdale), formerly inhabited by quarrymen and colliers. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0328.
Stone Cottages at West Scrafton
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1964
Stone cottages at West Scrafton ( Coverdale), formerly inhabited by quarrymen and colliers. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0327.
Coal-Fired Range
Mallinson, J Mrs
March 1967
Coal-fired range in Leslie Feather's shop, Haworth (West Yorkshire). The range is eight feet long, with two hotplates each two inches thick, and was made by Joseph Wright of Shipley. The heat is regul...
Folk Songs of Northumberland and Durham
Atchison, Maureen
1964
A collection of folk songs recorded from four informants (including a miner, and a mother and daughter) living in Northumberland and Durham. The text and tune transcription for each song are provided....
A Description of the Dialect of New Hartley, Northumberland
Halliday, Robert Wilson
1972
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of New Hartley in Northumberland, based on interviews with four local informants.
Radio Ballads Scripts
MacColl, Ewan (1915-1989); Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
1958-1960
This file contains four typed transcripts of production scripts for programmes in the BBC's Radio Ballads series, by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker. These are a copy of the production script for 'The...
Mining Communities
1964-1969
This file contains items collected by two Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) students, for use in thesis research on mining communities. The first set of items relates to Carole Woodal...