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Total number of records: 16

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holidays16
implements, utensils etc16
manners and customs16
community life15
culture15
occupations15
agriculture12
nature12
rites and ceremonies11
animals10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Wright, John T2
'Titch'1
Bailey, George1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Bateson, Margaret1
Bradley, Tom1
Broadhead, Albert1
Broadhead, Bernard1
Cherry, Bertha1

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Bubwith in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Langrick, Annie E

1948

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Bubwith, East Yorkshire. An introduction to the village and the area is followed by six chapters which present a descriptive account of the sounds of ...

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The Living Dialect of Rillington

Bateson, Margaret

1958

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Rillington in North Yorkshire, based on fieldwork data collected in 1957, a thesis ( 'An Account of the Dialect of Rillington') written in 1935 by C. T....

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Tom Bradley, recorded in Gargrave; talks about his working life, including carting, farming, carding (mill), canal (horsework); working with his father; home made wine; pig scraping; canal work - haul...

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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Langhorne, Richard

1971

M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...

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The Shrimping Industry in the Southport Area of Lancashire

Stringfellow, Jonathan

1966

A study of the local shrimping industry to the north and south of Southport, based on fieldwork carried out during the months of April, August and September 1965. The study's sections present an intro...

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Sound Recordings, Devon and Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Stanley Ellis announcement]; Samuel Snell, recorded on his farm in Swimbridge; talks about the bad winter of 1962/1963; farming sheep and beef bullocks; Devon Closewool [sheep breed]; discuss sheep f...

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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, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July 1971

[Collector announcement]; Maggie Chilvers, recorded in Helmingham on the 26 July 1971; describes a typical working week for her mother, including brushing Sunday clothes; washing (Tuesdays); ironing (...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...

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Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959-1960

[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

1971-1973

Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...

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