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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Wright, Peter2
Aldcroft, Linda1
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Boot, Margaret C1
Calvert, Valerie E1
Chamberlain, John S1
Cross, Mrs1
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Yorkshire Response List: Birch
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Yorkshire Response List: Birch

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question IV.10.1, Birch. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form...

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Yorkshire Response List: Boughs
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Yorkshire Response List: Boughs

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question IV.12.2, Boughs. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular for...

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Local Names of Wild Flowers and Trees Used in the West, North and East Ridings of Yorkshire

Boot, Margaret C

1947

This file contains a typed paper with an alphabetical list of the common names of wild flowers and trees, accompanied by the Yorkshire terms used to describe them. The dialect terms are identified by ...

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West Midlands Responses: Book IV, Part 12

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book IV, Part 12: Parts of a Tree. Includes questions IV.12.1 Root - IV.12.5 To Lop.

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West Midlands Responses: Book IV, Part 10

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book IV, Part 10: Trees, Bushes. Includes questions IV.10.1 Birch - IV.10.13 Fern.

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Norske Plantenavn

Høeg, Ove Arbo

[1950s-1960s]

This file contains printed papers relating to a survey of Norwegian plant names, and includes two blank copies of a printed questionnaire, designed to be completed in ms. by informants, with a list of...

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Hazel, Willow and Elder - Three British Trees, Their Uses and Folklore, with Special Reference to the Survey of English Dialects

Millington, Denise

1972

A collection of quotations concerning the uses of, and folklore associated with, hazel, willow and elder trees, based on printed sources and references made to them by informants involved in the Surve...

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.10.1, Birch. The responses are marked on the actual map in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.10.1, Birch. The responses are listed in phonetic script.

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SED Word Map: Charlock
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SED Word Map: Charlock

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

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, for SED question II.2.6, Charlock (i.e. field mustard and related weeds), mapping the distribution of responses Brazzock, Kale, Katlock, Ketlock...

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SED Word Map: Bracken
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SED Word Map: Bracken

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question IV.10.12, Bracken, mapping responses Brake(s) and Fern(s). The map is labelled as a draft.

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SED Phonological Map: Oak
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SED Phonological Map: Oak

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.10.2, Oak, mapping various vowel forms found in Northern Counties responses. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is d...

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