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Northern Counties Responses: Book V, Part 4
[1960s]
Collated responses from the Northern Counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 4: The Fire. Includes responses to questions V.4.1 Coal-dust - V.4.2 Kindling wood.
Harold Orton In Memoriam
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1975
This file contains five copies of a printed memorial tribute (ca. A3 size) to Harold Ortonby Stewart Sanderson, read at a service at St. Chad's Church, Headingley, Leeds, 12 March 1975.
West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 4
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 4: The Fire. Includes questions V.4.1 Coal-dust - V.4.6 Soot.
West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 2
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 2: Relatives, Friends. Includes questions VIII.2.1 Neighbours - VIII.2.12 Were the...
Yorkshire Response List: Poker
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question V.3.6, Poker. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form w...
Stromata Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis
Gessler, Jean
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of Jean Gessler's 'Stromata Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis' (Bruxelles: Editions de la Librarie Encyclopédique, 1944), 153, [2] pp. The work is a collection of medieval ...
LAVC, IDFLS and Dialect and Heritage (Interviews)
2022 - 2023
Oral histories recorded with interviewees who had associations to the LAVC Collection, Survey of English Dialects, Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies or the later Dialect and Heritage Project.
Change-Ringing: The Development of Bells and Change-Ringing with Particular Reference to the Ringers of Send Church in Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a history of church bells and change-ringing, with sections on the origin of church bells, the use of church bells, bell-founders, bell-metal, ...
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)
University of Leeds
1836-2003
The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...
Museum Partners (Interviews)
2022 - 2023
Oral history interviews recorded with members of the public by various museum partners as part of the National Lottery funded "Dialect and Heritage Project." These include, Avoncroft Museum of Histor...
Dialect and Heritage Project Oral Histories
2022 - 2023
Oral History recordings made by staff, students, volunteers and partner museums as part of the 'Dialect and Heritage' project that ran 2019 -2023. Some recordings also include transcripts and phot...
A Study of Language and Folklore in Batley and Surrounding Areas
Holdsworth, Valerie M
1971
A Special Study submitted as part of an unidentified course at Eaton Hall College of Education, Retford, in 1971. The study comprises a collection of folklore items, gathered from eleven informants li...