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W. H. Thompson
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1952]
Survey of English Dialects informant, W. H. Thompson, standing in the doorway of his home in Melsonby (North Yorkshire). The dating of this photograph is based on Stanley Ellis's SED fieldwork activit...
Conistone Survey Contact Prints: H
July 1971
Contact prints of photographs taken during a Survey of Vernacular Architecture around Conistone ( Wharfedale), undertaken by students on the Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life ...
Box Beds
[1970s]
Wooden box beds in building H at Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum, Argyll. Mounted on Photo File card.
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Six carved wooden bump knitting needle supports, including supports from Teesdale (Durham) and Ribblesdale (Yorkshire Dales), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports inclu...
Survey of English Dialects Press Conference
Studio Jaanus Limited
31 October 1962
Audience at the press conference arranged for the publication of the first of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Basic Material volumes (The Northern Counties, Part 1), at the Waldorf Hotel, London....
Handbook of the linguistic geography of New England
Kurath, Hans (1891-1992); Kurath, Hans (1891-1992)
1954, c1939
Supplements the Linguistic atlas of New England. "Bibliography of linguistic geography": p. 54-61.
SED Phonological Map: Rabbits
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question III.13.13, Rabbits, mapping R pronunciation. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and H. P. D., and is dated December 1966.
The phonology of a south Durham dialect : descriptive, historical, and comparative
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1933
"The living regional dialect dealt with... is that spoken at Byers Green, Co. Durham, and in the immediate neighbourhood."--p.xiii.
Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases : with examples of their colloquial use, and illustrations from various authors : to which are added, the customs of the county (v.2)
Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786-1861)
1854
"A list of provincial glossaries with their abbreviations, and of other works referred to": v. 1, p. [xvii]-xviii.
Photographs of Yorkshire Vernacular Architecture
[1960-1979]
These photographs show a variety of Yorkshiredomestic houses and agricultural barns, and include both general exterior views, and interior and exterior views of particular architectural features. All ...
Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases : with examples of their colloquial use, and illustrations from various authors : to which are added, the customs of the county (v.1)
Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786-1861)
1854
"A list of provincial glossaries with their abbreviations, and of other works referred to": v. 1, p. [xvii]-xviii.
Nafferton Response Book - 6Y20
Wright, Peter
20 Jan 1951 - 26 Jan 1951
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...