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Total number of records: 190

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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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West Midlands Responses: Book IV, Part 11

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book IV, Part 11: Berries, Fruit. Includes questions IV.11.1 Blackberries - IV.11.8 Apples/Pears.

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West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 7

1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 7: Cooking. Includes questions V.7.13 Peas/Pea - V.7.24 Removing Stalks.

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SED Questionnaire Page: Cereals and Harvesting
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SED Questionnaire Page: Cereals and Harvesting

[1950s-1960s]

Page 9 of the SED Questionnaire as published by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with questions for II.5 Cereals, and II.6 Harvesting.

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Haymaking: Farmer
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Haymaking: Farmer

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Farmer sitting on horse-drawn side delivery, Dent ( Dentdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1071. With typed note.

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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 Scallions and Chibboles. 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 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: (Barley)-Awns
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SED Word Map: (Barley)-Awns

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map listing responses to SED question II.5.3, (Barley)-Awns. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, and as a draft map. It was created by Harold Orton, and is dated...

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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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Corn Stacks
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Corn Stacks

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967

Thatched corn stacks in a field near Halidon Hill, Foulden (Berwickshire). Mounted on Photo File card.

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